Every month you'll get news and analysis of publications standards, trends, and practices. There's one reference to Wallis's husband as Edward VII instead of VIII in the text as well. The lengths to which editors should go to check the spelling of unknown persons' names is what's negotiable here. Remember that the spelling of names may change over time. Obviously, the Darwin title would have been easy enough to check.
Biologists know better.
In this instance there was great rejoicing when they learned that although companies try to plaster symbols on their products' names wherever they can, that does not mean the rest of us have to use the symbols in ordinary text. Incidentally, a check of two dictionaries on trademarked product names turned up some anomalies. Moreover, whereas the Washington Post Deskbook on Style lists ChapStick and Saran wrap , these names are spelled Chap Stick and Saran Wrap in both Words Into Type and the U.S. Government Printing Office's Style Manual . A modest proposal for grace errors All editors strive for perfection. Given the conflicting signage and the extraordinarily diligent parking enforcement in the District of Columbia, I admit to perpetual anxiety about the possibility of getting a parking ticket when I routinely park my car near my office.