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Thomas Campbell Eyton

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Thomas Campbell Eyton.

Thomas Campbell Eyton (10 September 1809 - 25 October 1880) wis an Inglis naituralist.

Eyton wis born at Eyton Haw, naur Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at Cambridge Varsity wi his freend Charles Darwin. Efter succeedin tae the estate in 1855 Eyton biggit a lairge naitural historie museum at Eyton Haw.

Eyton set furth History of the Rarer British Birds (1836), A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe (1838), A History of Oyster and Oyster Fisheries (1858) an Osteologia Avium (1871-78).

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