What is Edward Drinker Cope?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Edward Drinker Cope |image = Cope Edward Drinker 1840-1897.jpg |alt = B & W photo/bust portrait of Edward Drinker Cope, paleontologist, c. 1985, in middle age with grey hair, mustache and chin puff; wearing a dark coat, soft bow tie and a slight smile. |birth_date = {{birth date|1840|07|28}} |birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1897|4|12|1840|7|28}} |death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | workplaces = [[United States Geological Survey]], [[Haverford College]] |fields = [[Paleontology]], [[zoology]], [[herpetology]] |awards = {{ublist|[[Bigsby Medal]] {{small|(1879)}}|[[Hayden Memorial Geological Award]] {{small|(1891)}}}} |citizenship = | known_for = [[Cope's rule]] | father = Alfred Cope| mother = Hanna Cope | education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] | influences = [[Joseph Leidy]] | spouse = Annie Pim | children = Julia Biddle Cope | author_abbrev_zoo = Cope |signature = Signature of Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897).png }} [[File:Equine evolution.jpg|thumb|220px|Horse evolution is an example of Cope's rule]] '''Edward Drinker Cope''' (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an [[Americans|American]] [[biologist]]. He was notable for his work on [[fossil]] [[animal]]s of [[North America]].<ref>Cope's middle name, Drinker, was his grandmother’s [[maiden name]].</ref> Cope was born in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. Cope was a [[paleontology|paleontologist]], [[comparative anatomy|comparative anatomist]], [[herpetology|herpetologist]] and [[ichthyology|ichthyologist]]. He wrote many papers. His parents were rich [[Quakers]]. His father wanted him to be a [[farmer]], but he became a [[scientist]]. He [[marriage|married]] his cousin. Later, they owned a [[museum]] in Philadelphia. Mostly, he read books on his own to learn science and found things out himself. He was not a [[teacher]]. He did field work, and wrote a lot. In the 1870s and 1880s, went to the [[American West]] to report what the land was like to the [[F