I'd thought that Marsh had money in his family that paid for his
education, his work, and even the chair at Yale that became his. Maybe
the Peabody for whom the museum is named was an uncle or great uncle.
I remember something about Cope's struggles from a visit to The
Academy of Natural Sciences and Dinofest about 15 years ago.
Who did the field work that provided the specimens for the Carnegie
Museum? Didn't Andrew Carnegie send ms around the world? Clearly (if
that's corect), he got recognition for his generosity like that.
And who funded the expeditions that brought the specimens to The
American Museum of Natural History? (Jerry, you out there?)
Thanks,
Joe