A fascinating argument in Lingua Franca that most eponyms are misattributions!

‘Given that “eponyms are only awarded after long time lags or at great distances, and then only by

active (and frequently not historically well informed) scientists with more interest in recognizing

general merit than an isolated achievement,” Stigler concludes, “it should not then come as a

surprise that most eponyms are inaccurately assigned, and it is even possible (as I have boldly

claimed) that all widely accepted eponyms are, strictly speaking, wrong.”‘