Dear Lipes;-
    Thanks. I KNOW it's "R" Tucker Abbott. And the "J" isn't anywhere near
the "R" on my keyboard. No excuse. The way I know his name is, I once wrote:

There once was cute little rabbit
Who had quite a strange little habit.
        When any shell came,
        He'd give it a name.
Cute bunny. That's our Tucker rabbit.
    Art

Robert & Betty Lipe wrote:

> Art, It's R. Tucker Abbott, stands for Robert.  I knew Bob Wagner quite
> well.  Judged a couple of shell shows with him.  Someone else can
> probably give you a better background on him.  Tucker was co-author on
> about 3 books at least.  One of them he did with me.
>
> Bob
>
> Art Weil wrote:
> >
> > Greetings;-
> >     This is the question!
> >     Robert J.L. Wagner.
> >     The Standard Catalog was done by Wagner and Abbott. Who is Wagner?
> > Should I be embarrased that I don't know? Why is his name before
> > Abbott's? Everyone knows (knew) J. Tucker Abbott. Out there in
> > Conkland, I bet some of you know. And I bet that lots of you (like me)
> > don't know.
> >     The Question Man
>
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