Michael J. Preston

For the British footballer Michael John Preston, see Michael Preston (footballer).

Michael J. Preston is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in Middle English and early Renaissance literature, vernacular culture, folklore and traditional drama.^[1]

In 1976 a subspecies of Mexican lizard, Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni, was named in his honor by Hobart M. Smith and José Ticul Álvarez.^[2][3]