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Edward Drinker Cope

1840 - 1897

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Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19. Though his father tried to raise Cope as a gentleman farmer, he eventually acquiesced to his son's scientific aspirations. Cope had little formal scientific training, and he eschewed a teaching position for field work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Drinker Cope is the 5th most popular archaeologist (up from 7th in 2019), the 456th most popular biography from United States (down from 388th in 2019) and the most popular American Archaeologist.

Edward Drinker Cope was a paleontologist who was most famous for his work in the field of vertebrate paleontology. He was one of the first people to use vertebrate fossils to study evolution.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, Edward Drinker Cope ranks 5 out of 151. Before him are Theodor Mommsen, Jean-François Champollion, Heinrich Schliemann, and Howard Carter. After him are Arthur Evans, Den, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Colin Renfrew, Semerkhet, Marija Gimbutas, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Edward Drinker Cope ranks 11. Before him are Auguste Rodin, Carlota of Mexico, Victoria, Princess Royal, Murad V, Alphonse Daudet, and Odilon Redon. After him are Ernst Abbe, Carl Menger, Hiram Maxim, Father Damien, John Boyd Dunlop, and August Bebel. Among people deceased in 1897, Edward Drinker Cope ranks 6. Before him are Johannes Brahms, Thérèse of Lisieux, Alphonse Daudet, Karl Weierstrass, and Jiroemon Kimura. After him are Jacob Burckhardt, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Savitribai Phule, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Albert Marth, and Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Drinker Cope ranks 456 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Mitchell (1900), Bill Nelson (1942), Eli Wallach (1915), John Rawls (1921), William F. Sharpe (1934), and Angelina Jolie (1975). After him are Man Ray (1890), Millard Fillmore (1800), David Rockefeller (1915), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Joe Dassin (1938), and Joseph Murray (1919).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United States

Among archaeologists born in United States, Edward Drinker Cope ranks 1. After him are Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), Robert Ballard (1942), James Henry Breasted (1865), Donald Johanson (1943), Sylvanus Morley (1883), Charles W. Gilmore (1874), Edward Robinson (1794), Robert T. Bakker (1945), Stith Thompson (1885), and Lewis Binford (1932).

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