Peregrine Carruthers

Wat dan weer minder mensen weten dan je zou verwachten:

"Ian Fleming, both a secret agent and a bird-watcher, borrowed the name James Bond from the author of a manual called 'Birds of the West Indies'". (The New Yorker, 24.10.2011)

Meer over de ornithologist in kwestie: hier.

Over die naamkeuze verklaarde Fleming: "I wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could find, and 'James Bond' was much better than something more interesting, like 'Peregrine Carruthers.' Daar is natuurlijk wel iets van. "The name is Carruthers. Peregrine Carruthers" klinkt inderdaad enigszins, eh, anders.