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Turner was held in great estimation by Gesner, who 

 quotes him freely in his writings under the title of 

 Turnerus Anglus (c/. Evans' Ed., p. xi., etc.). There 

 is no evidence that Turner studied mammals, but he 

 certainly published one or more works on ichthyology, 

 besides supplying Gesner with much information about 

 the fishes of Great Britain.* 



In taking leave of William Turner, it only remains to 

 add that the authentic books of this remarkable man 

 number no less than thirty-nine, and to quote the 

 description of him given by John Ray : — " Vir solidce 

 eruditionis et judicii.^^ 



* c/. Art. by Rev. H. A. Macpherson. "Zoologist," 1898, p. 337. 



