Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, (October 22 1783-September 18 1840) was a nineteenth-century polymath who led a chaotic life. Many have called him a genius, but he was also an eccentric autodidact, sometimes considered close to insanity. He was very successful in various fields of knowledge; zoologist, botanist, malacologist, meteorologist, writer, evolutionist, polyglot, translator. Wikipedia
The Mammals of Texas - Online Edition Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat Order Chiroptera : Family Vespertilionidae : Plecotus rafinesquii Lesson Description. www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/plecrafi.htm
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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque rarely included sketches of fish in the publications in which he gave first descriptions. faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/rafsketch.html
During the past few years, the scientific work of C. S. Rafinesque has been gaining recognition and respectability. faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/rafin.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque
