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This project would not have been possible without a postdoctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Research Council of Canada. I would like to thank Harriet Ritvo and the History Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for hosting me, however briefly. A special thank you to all the librarians and archivists who helped this project along, particularly James Hatton at the Natural History Museum in London, Sarah Kenyon and Claire Pike at the Saffron Walden Museum, Nina Cummings and Armand Esai at the Field Museum, and Dana Fisher at the Ernst Mayr Library at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. For their encouragement, support, and assistance, I would also like to thank Nigel Rothfels, Garry Marvin, Kendra Boileau, Steve Plant, Lisa Grekul, Eva-Marie Kröller, and, of course, my family, Tobias, Duane, Judy, Morgan, Erin, and Beatrice. acknowledgments PSU_Poliquin_FM.indd 9 4/20/12 12:05 PM PSU_Poliquin_FM.indd 10 4/20/12 12:05 PM ...

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