tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post4208996948291411846..comments2024-03-20T00:34:27.373-07:00Comments on archy: A few words about "mammoth"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194421.post-39078175039437390922014-05-10T16:32:18.512-07:002014-05-10T16:32:18.512-07:00I love the research you have done on this topic. B...I love the research you have done on this topic. BUT you have slightly misquoted Lucas, who actually gives the surname of the "Russian" as LUDLOFF, not Ludolff; the article reappears in his book "Animals of the Past", see https://ia600306.us.archive.org/34/items/animalsofpast00lucauoft/animalsofpast00lucauoft.pdf<br />(And I'm not sure what you mean by him not losing any points for the double "l".)<br /><br />Heinrich Wilhelm Ludolf (1655-1712, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Ludolf) was indeed German, and wrote a Russian grammar (in Latin!), see review at http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4205131<br /><br />By the way, the names Ludolf and Ludloff are cognate, and some individuals have varied their surname usage from time to time, according to a book by a very distant relative of mine, see http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Geschichte_der_Familie_Ludolf_Ludloff.html?id=olsLcgAACAAJ<br />Unfortunately there is no preview available, but I currently have the book on loan from a 2nd cousin.<br />(H W Ludloff/Ludolf does not appear to be mentioned in this book, which seems to concentrate on the family based mainly in the Thüringian town of Sondershausen.)Ron H-Wnoreply@blogger.com