Great piece, but I was struck with a thought about the researcher’s name. Maurice Temerlin - that last name is so close to “Tamerlane”, the mongol ruler that I

Great piece, but I was struck with a thought about the researcher’s name. Maurice Temerlin - that last name is so close to “Tamerlane”, the mongol ruler that I wonder if there’s any correlation at all or would it just be a coincidence that the names seem similar?