| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xli, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Evolution of the Rafinesque biography / Charles Boewe -- Man. Life and work of Rafinesque / Francis W. Pennell -- Genealogical note on the Rafinesque family / Georges Reynaud -- Last days of Rafinesque ; Rafinesque portraits / Charles Boewe -- Naturalist. Rafinesque among the field naturalists / Charles Boewe -- Rafinesque on classification / Arthur J. Cain -- Historical background and literary sources of Rafinesque's mammalian taxonomy / Charles Boewe -- Opinions of Rafinesque expressed by his American botanical contemporaries / Ronald L. Stuckey -- Rafinesque : a concrete case / "Henricus Quatre" [Leon Croizat] -- Rebuttal / Elmer D. Merrill -- Fall from grace of that "base wretch" Rafinesque / Charles Boewe -- Philologist. Rafinesque's linguistic activity / Vilen V. Belyi -- Unraveling the Walam Olum / David M. Oestreicher -- Indian languages and the Prix Volney / Charles Boewe -- Beginnings of Maya hieroglyphic study : contributions of Constantine S. Rafinesque and James H. McCulloh, Jr. / George E. Stuart -- Writer. Medicine and medicinal plants of C. S. Rafinesque / Michael A. Flannery -- Rafinesque's sentimental botany : the school of flora / Beverly Seaton -- Fugitive publications of Rafinesque / Charles Boewe -- Legend. Eccentric naturalist / John James Audubon -- Who's buried in Rafinesque's tomb? / Charles Boewe. |
| Subject |
Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840.
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Naturalists -- France -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Boewe, Charles E., 1924-
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| ISBN |
1572332255 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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