Was the nineteenth-century naturalist C. S. Rafinesque insane? Did he die in "abject poverty?" Just what is the value of his contributions to scientific nomenclature? Charles Boewe's Profiles of Rafinesque takes up these questions and others. Among early naturalist, C. S. Rafinesque is second only to John James Audubon in the volume of commentary that has been written about him and his works. In contrast to Audubon, however, he has yet to receive...