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What was Cope's middle name?

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Drinker was the middle name of Edward Drinker Cope, an American paleontologist and comparative anatomist. Cope made significant contributions to the field of vertebrate paleontology, particularly in the study of fossil mammals and reptiles. He is known for his rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh, another prominent paleontologist of the time, which led to a period of intense fossil hunting known as the "Bone Wars."
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