Patrick Russell was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India. He studied the snakes of India and is considered the "Father of Indian Ophiology". Russell's viper is named after him, as is
Patrick Russell with Turban in Aleppo, c. 1770.
Structure of the cobra hood. William Clift, 1804
Alexander Russell was a Scottish physician and naturalist, spending 14 years at the English factory in Aleppo.
Patrick Russell (herpetologist)
…snake (Oligodon russelius). The fifth son of John Russell, a well-known lawyer of Edinburgh, and his third wife Mary, Patrick was the half-brother of Alexander Russell, FRS and William Russell, FRS. Patrick studied Roman and Greek classics at Edinburgh high school after which he studied medicine at the University under…
Portrait of Alexander Russell by T. Trotter Wellcome L0011163