Geology

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Edward Drinker Cope was a paleontologist , anatomist , ichthyologist and herpetologist from America and he lived from 1840 to 1897 . He was the first son to Hanna and Alfred Cope . Edward 's mother died when he was three and this did not greatly affect the young Cope . Rebecca Biddle Edward 's stepmother acted as mother and Edward loved both Rebecca and James Biddle Cope , his smaller stepbrother (Rothenberg , 2001 ,

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Edward 's father 's big house in Philadelphia

as well as the eight acre garden provided Edward some natural scenery to discover . Edward was introduced to reading and writing while very young , and he was taken to zoos , gardens and museums

Edward went to a Philadelphia school in 1853 while aged nine and at twelve , to Pennsylvania 's Friends ' Boarding School . In 1855 , Cope went back to Westtown and got interested in Biology he learned natural records when free . He often went to the Academy of Natural Sciences . Cope displayed his curiosity with science at an early age and published his initial scientific work in 1859 . Edward married in 1865 and the couple got Julia Biddle cope , their sole child in 1866 . Cope moved closer to fossil sites in New Jersey after marrying and getting children . Cope 's and O . C . Marsh Bone Wars made him very prominent . A contest to independently issue their discoveries , and hence prioritize such findings used up Cope 's and Marsh 's lives and finances (Dobson...