And Captain William Bligh, of course. Mr. Christian!!!!
G.Thomas Watters, PhD
Curator of Molluscs
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Goldberg <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 5:04 pm
Subject: Re: Famous collectors
> Chuck,
>
> If you read background material on Poe during the shell book
> period, it states that he was down-and-out, needing money and took
> on the writing project as a last resort. It also states that he
> was accused of plagerizing some of the text. Sad!
>
> Add actor Peter Strauss (Rich Man Poor Man TV mini-series, etc.)
> to the list of notable shell collectors. I know for a fact that
> he collects Cypraea.
>
> Rich
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> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:03:21 -0800
> >From: Charles L Powell <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: Famous collectors
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > If I remember right Emery Chase once showed me a
> > book by Edgar Allen Poe on shells. If he wrote a
> > book I image he'd be a collector.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > Charles L Powell, II
> > Western Earth Surface Processes Team, MS 975
> > U. S. Geological Survey
> > 345 Middlefield Rd.
> > Menlo Park, CA 94025
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> > (650) 329-4985
>
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