Rafinesque
Americannoun
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“We know without doubt that Audubon provided Rafinesque with the description of one imaginary mammal, and it appears that he described nine additional ‘species’ to him.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2016
It is already known, writes Woodman, that Audubon invented 11 “fraudulent fishes” for the “too credulous ichthyologist” after Rafinesque stayed with him in Kentucky in 1818.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2016
The piece on Rafinesque ends up with an expression of passionate connection with the Frenchman's strange pantheism.
From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2012
JJS’s best subject is himself, and the line goes a little slack sometimes when he’s not in play, as in his historical essay on the naturalist Constantine Rafinesque.
From Time • Oct. 27, 2011
Professor Daniel Vaughn was one whose life lines ran nearly parallel with those of the late Professor C. S. Rafinesque, whose eventful history has been so graphically written by Professor R. Ellsworth Call.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by Lloyd, John Uri
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