The 'popularizer' of shell collecting: The Philadelphia Shell Club looks back at the life of R. Tucker Abbott in celebration of our 60~(th) year Regis D'Angiolini

摘要

Tom Grace was a teenager when he discovered the name R. Tucker Abbott. The young collector was seeking information on seashells; Abbott, the author of a number of books on conchology, was the one who delivered. Grace became an avid reader of Abbott's books, describing them as "the best source of shell information in their day for the amateur collector."