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Henry Chandler Cowles
Henry Chandler Cowles
Born	February 27, 1869; Kensington, Connecticut, US
Died	September 12, 1939 (aged 70)
Alma mater	University of Chicago ; Oberlin College
Known for	Ecological succession
Spouse	Elizabeth Waller
Children	Harriet
	Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	University of Chicago
Thesis	The Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan (1898)
Doctoral advisor	John Merle Coulter
Doctoral students	Victor Ernest Shelford ; William Skinner Cooper ; Paul Sears

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Henry Chandler Cowles (February 27, 1869 – September 12, 1939) was an American botanist and ecological pioneer. A professor at the University of Chicago,^[2] he studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana.^[3]^[4] This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes.^[3]^[5] One of Cowles' students, O. D. Frank continued his research.^[6]

Life and work

Born in Kensington, Connecticut, Cowles attended Oberlin College in Ohio. He studied at the University of Chicago with the plant taxonomist John M. Coulter and the geologist Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin as main teachers. He obtained his PhD in 1898 for his study of vegetation succession on the Lake Michigan sand dunes. The inspiration to these studies came from reading Plantesamfund by the Danish botanist and pioneer ecologist Eugen Warming.^[7]^[8] Cowles studied Danish to be able to read the original^[9] and later (1905) visited Warming in Copenhagen. The translation of Warming's term into English as "Oecology" led to Cowles becoming one of the primary popularizers of the term ecology in the United States. Cowles was one of the founding members of the Ecological Society of America in 1915.^[10]

Cowles married Elizabeth Waller in 1900, and their daughter Harriet was born in 1912.^[1]

Legacy

One of Cowles's field study locations is now named Cowles Bog in his honor; Cowles Bog and nearby dune locations were later preserved for the public as part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (national park as of February 2019). Cowles Bog is located west of Mineral Springs Road in the Town of Dune Acres, Indiana.

Among Cowles's students who advanced American ecology were Victor E. Shelford, William Skinner Cooper, Paul B. Sears, George Damon Fuller, Walter P. Cottam, Arthur G. Vestal and May Theilgaard Watts.^[11] Cowles also served as a special field assistant of the United States Geological Survey.

Works

His publications include:

Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan (1899)
Text-Book of Botany, Volume II: Ecology (1910) (with John Merle Coulter (Volume I, Part I: Morphology) and Charles Reid Barnes (Volume I, Part II: Physiology)^[12]
Plant Societies of Chicago and Vicinity (1901)

The standard author abbreviation Cowles is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Guide to the Henry C. Cowles Collectioncirca 1860s-1985". University of Chicago Library. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
^ "Ecology and the American Environment". Library of Congress. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation Archived 2016-01-01 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 3.
^ Schons, Mary. "Henry Chandler Cowles". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^ Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2006). Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: Preservationists of Ogden Dunes Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 1.
^ Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2007). The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: The Hour Glass of Ogden Dunes Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 2.
^ A Letter from Henry A. Gleason, written 1952, printed in Brittonia 39: 2 (1987), pp. 205-209.
^ Prytz, S. (1984) Warming – botaniker og rejsende. Lynge, Bogan; p. 127 quotes a letter from Cowles to Warming: "The reading of it (i.e. Plantesamfund) in the summer of 1896 turned the current of my life, which is now devoted to ecology".
^ Cassidy, V.M. (2007) Henry Chandler Cowles – pioneer ecologist Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Kedzie Sigel Press, Chicago.
^ ESA history
^ Sprugel DG (1980) A 'pedagogical genealogy' of American plant ecologists. Bulletin ESA 64: 197-200
^ Ganong, W. F. (July 1912). "Reviewed Work: A Textbook of Botany. by Coulter, Barnes, Cowles". Botanical Gazette. 54 (1): 73–75. doi:10.1086/330866. JSTOR 2468394. S2CID 85670840.
^ International Plant Names Index. Cowles.

External links

Henry C. Cowles, University of Chicago.

[guide-1] "Guide to the Henry C. Cowles Collectioncirca 1860s-1985". University of Chicago Library. Retrieved June 11, 2015.

[2] "Ecology and the American Environment". Library of Congress. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[southshorejournal.org-3] Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation Archived 2016-01-01 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 3.

[4] Schons, Mary. "Henry Chandler Cowles". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

[5] Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2006). Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: Preservationists of Ogden Dunes Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 1.

[6] Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2007). The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: The Hour Glass of Ogden Dunes Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. The South Shore Journal, 2.

[7] A Letter from Henry A. Gleason, written 1952, printed in Brittonia 39: 2 (1987), pp. 205-209.

[8] Prytz, S. (1984) Warming – botaniker og rejsende. Lynge, Bogan; p. 127 quotes a letter from Cowles to Warming: "The reading of it (i.e. Plantesamfund) in the summer of 1896 turned the current of my life, which is now devoted to ecology".

[9] Cassidy, V.M. (2007) Henry Chandler Cowles – pioneer ecologist Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. Kedzie Sigel Press, Chicago.

[10] ESA history

[11] Sprugel DG (1980) A 'pedagogical genealogy' of American plant ecologists. Bulletin ESA 64: 197-200

[12] Ganong, W. F. (July 1912). "Reviewed Work: A Textbook of Botany. by Coulter, Barnes, Cowles". Botanical Gazette. 54 (1): 73–75. doi:10.1086/330866. JSTOR 2468394. S2CID 85670840.

[13] International Plant Names Index. Cowles.

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-'''Henry Chandler Cowles''' (February 27, 1869 – September 12, 1939) was an [[Americans|American]] [[botanist]] and [[ecology|ecological]] pioneer (see [[History of ecology]]).  A professor at the [[University of Chicago]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/ecology/aepsp4.html | title=Ecology and the American Environment | publisher=Library of Congress | access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> he studied [[ecological succession]] in the [[Indiana Dunes]] of Northwest Indiana.<ref name="southshorejournal.org">Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). [http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-3-2009/83-journals/vol-3-2009/75-the-historical-roots-of-the-nature-conservancy-in-the-northwest-indianachicagoland-region-from-science-to-preservation The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101021140/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-3-2009/83-journals/vol-3-2009/75-the-historical-roots-of-the-nature-conservancy-in-the-northwest-indianachicagoland-region-from-science-to-preservation |date=2016-01-01 }}. The South Shore Journal, 3.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/henry-chandler-cowles/?ar_a=1 | title=Henry Chandler Cowles | publisher=National Geographic | access-date=25 June 2014 | author=Schons, Mary}}</ref>  This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes.<ref name="southshorejournal.org"/><ref>Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2006). Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: [http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-1-2006/78-journals/vol-1-2006/117-alice-gray-dorothy-buell-and-naomi-svihla-preservationists-of-ogden-dunes Preservationists of Ogden Dunes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913013557/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-1-2006/78-journals/vol-1-2006/117-alice-gray-dorothy-buell-and-naomi-svihla-preservationists-of-ogden-dunes |date=2012-09-13 }}. The South Shore Journal, 1.</ref>  One of Cowles' students, O. D. Frank continued his research.<ref>Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2007). [http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-2-2007/82-journals/vol-2-2007/104-the-cultural-impact-of-a-museum-in-a-small-community-the-hour-glass-in-ogden-dunes The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: The Hour Glass of Ogden Dunes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130085605/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-2-2007/82-journals/vol-2-2007/104-the-cultural-impact-of-a-museum-in-a-small-community-the-hour-glass-in-ogden-dunes |date=2012-11-30 }}. The South Shore Journal, 2.</ref>
+'''Henry Chandler Cowles''' (February 27, 1869 – September 12, 1939) was an [[Americans|American]] [[botanist]] and [[ecology|ecological]] pioneer. A professor at the [[University of Chicago]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/ecology/aepsp4.html | title=Ecology and the American Environment | publisher=Library of Congress | access-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> he studied [[ecological succession]] in the [[Indiana Dunes]] of Northwest Indiana.<ref name="southshorejournal.org">Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). [http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-3-2009/83-journals/vol-3-2009/75-the-historical-roots-of-the-nature-conservancy-in-the-northwest-indianachicagoland-region-from-science-to-preservation The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101021140/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-3-2009/83-journals/vol-3-2009/75-the-historical-roots-of-the-nature-conservancy-in-the-northwest-indianachicagoland-region-from-science-to-preservation |date=2016-01-01 }}. The South Shore Journal, 3.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/henry-chandler-cowles/?ar_a=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221093543/http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/news/henry-chandler-cowles/?ar_a=1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 21, 2013 | title=Henry Chandler Cowles | publisher=National Geographic | access-date=25 June 2014 | author=Schons, Mary}}</ref>  This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes.<ref name="southshorejournal.org"/><ref>Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2006). Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: [http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-1-2006/78-journals/vol-1-2006/117-alice-gray-dorothy-buell-and-naomi-svihla-preservationists-of-ogden-dunes Preservationists of Ogden Dunes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913013557/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-1-2006/78-journals/vol-1-2006/117-alice-gray-dorothy-buell-and-naomi-svihla-preservationists-of-ogden-dunes |date=2012-09-13 }}. The South Shore Journal, 1.</ref>  One of Cowles' students, O. D. Frank continued his research.<ref>Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2007). [http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-2-2007/82-journals/vol-2-2007/104-the-cultural-impact-of-a-museum-in-a-small-community-the-hour-glass-in-ogden-dunes The cultural impact of a museum in a small community: The Hour Glass of Ogden Dunes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130085605/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-2-2007/82-journals/vol-2-2007/104-the-cultural-impact-of-a-museum-in-a-small-community-the-hour-glass-in-ogden-dunes |date=2012-11-30 }}. The South Shore Journal, 2.</ref>
 ==Life and work==
-Born in [[Kensington, Connecticut|Kensington]], [[Connecticut]], Cowles attended [[Oberlin College]] in [[Ohio]]. He studied at the [[University of Chicago]] with the plant taxonomist [[John M. Coulter]] and the geologist [[Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin]] as main teachers. He obtained his [[Ph.D.]] in 1898 for his study of vegetation [[ecological succession|succession]] on the [[Lake Michigan]] sand dunes. The inspiration to these studies came from reading ''[[Plantesamfund]]'' by the Danish botanist and pioneer ecologist [[Eugenius Warming|Eugen Warming]].<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2807376 A Letter from Henry A. Gleason, written 1952, printed in Brittonia 39: 2 (1987), pp. 205-209.]</ref><ref>Prytz, S. (1984) Warming – botaniker og rejsende. Lynge, Bogan; p. 127 quotes a letter from Cowles to Warming: "The reading of it (i.e. Plantesamfund) in the summer of 1896 turned the current of my life, which is now devoted to ecology".</ref> Cowles studied Danish to be able to read the original<ref>Cassidy, V.M. (2007) ''[http://www.sigelpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7 Henry Chandler Cowles – pioneer ecologist] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630214511/http://www.sigelpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7 |date=2007-06-30 }}''. Kedzie Sigel Press, Chicago.</ref> and later (1905) visited Warming in [[Copenhagen]]. The translation of Warming's term into English as "Oecology" led to Cowles becoming one of the primary popularizers of the term [[ecology]] in the United States. Cowles was one of the founding members of the [[Ecological Society of America]] in 1915.<ref>[http://www.esa.org/history/ ESA history]</ref>
+Born in [[Kensington, Connecticut|Kensington]], [[Connecticut]], Cowles attended [[Oberlin College]] in [[Ohio]]. He studied at the [[University of Chicago]] with the plant taxonomist [[John M. Coulter]] and the geologist [[Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin]] as main teachers. He obtained his [[PhD]] in 1898 for his study of vegetation [[ecological succession|succession]] on the [[Lake Michigan]] sand dunes. The inspiration to these studies came from reading ''[[Plantesamfund]]'' by the Danish botanist and pioneer ecologist [[Eugenius Warming|Eugen Warming]].<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/2807376 A Letter from Henry A. Gleason, written 1952, printed in Brittonia 39: 2 (1987), pp. 205-209.]</ref><ref>Prytz, S. (1984) Warming – botaniker og rejsende. Lynge, Bogan; p. 127 quotes a letter from Cowles to Warming: "The reading of it (i.e. Plantesamfund) in the summer of 1896 turned the current of my life, which is now devoted to ecology".</ref> Cowles studied Danish to be able to read the original<ref>Cassidy, V.M. (2007) ''[http://www.sigelpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7 Henry Chandler Cowles – pioneer ecologist] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630214511/http://www.sigelpress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7 |date=2007-06-30 }}''. Kedzie Sigel Press, Chicago.</ref> and later (1905) visited Warming in [[Copenhagen]]. The translation of Warming's term into English as "Oecology" led to Cowles becoming one of the primary popularizers of the term [[ecology]] in the United States. Cowles was one of the founding members of the [[Ecological Society of America]] in 1915.<ref>[http://www.esa.org/history/ ESA history]</ref>
 Cowles married Elizabeth Waller in 1900, and their daughter Harriet was born in 1912.<ref name=guide/>
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 ==Legacy==
-One of Cowles's field study locations is now named ''Cowles Bog'' in his honor; [[Cowles Bog]] and nearby dune locations were later preserved for the public as part of the [[Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore]] (national park as of February 2019). Cowles Bog is located off Shore Drive in Dune Acres, Indiana.
+One of Cowles's field study locations is now named ''Cowles Bog'' in his honor; [[Cowles Bog]] and nearby dune locations were later preserved for the public as part of the [[Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore]] (national park as of February 2019). Cowles Bog is located west of Mineral Springs Road in the Town of Dune Acres, Indiana.
 Among Cowles's students who advanced American ecology were [[Victor E. Shelford]], [[William Skinner Cooper]], [[Paul B. Sears]], [[George Damon Fuller]], [[Walter P. Cottam]], [[Arthur G. Vestal]] and [[May Theilgaard Watts]].<ref>Sprugel DG (1980) A 'pedagogical genealogy' of American plant ecologists. Bulletin ESA 64: 197-200</ref>  Cowles also served as a special field assistant of the [[United States Geological Survey]].
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 His publications include:
 * [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001498463 ''Ecological Relations of the Vegetation on the Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan''] (1899)
-* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001493618 ''Text-Book of Botany'', Volume II: Ecology] (1910) (with [[John Merle Coulter]] (Volume I, Part I: Morphology) and [[Charles Reid Barnes]] (Volume I, Part II: Physiology)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Reviewed Work: A Textbook of Botany. by Coulter, Barnes, Cowles|author=Ganong, W. F.|author-link=William Francis Ganong|journal=Botanical Gazette|volume=54|issue=1|date=July 1912|pages=73–75|jstor=2468394|doi=10.1086/330866|doi-access=free}}</ref>
+* [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001493618 ''Text-Book of Botany'', Volume II: Ecology] (1910) (with [[John Merle Coulter]] (Volume I, Part I: Morphology) and [[Charles Reid Barnes]] (Volume I, Part II: Physiology)<ref>{{cite journal|title=Reviewed Work: A Textbook of Botany. by Coulter, Barnes, Cowles|author=Ganong, W. F.|author-link=William Francis Ganong|journal=Botanical Gazette|volume=54|issue=1|date=July 1912|pages=73–75|jstor=2468394|doi=10.1086/330866|s2cid=85670840 |doi-access=}}</ref>
 * [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101661649 ''Plant Societies of Chicago and Vicinity''] (1901)

v t e Presidents of the Botanical Society of America
1894–1924	William Trelease (1894) Charles Edwin Bessey (1895) John Merle Coulter (1896) Nathaniel Lord Britton (1897) Lucien Marcus Underwood (1898) Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1899) Byron Halsted (1900) Joseph Charles Arthur (1901) Beverly Thomas Galloway (1902) Charles Reid Barnes (1903) Robert Almer Harper (1904) William Ashbrook Kellerman (1905) Franklin Sumner Earle (1906) George Francis Atkinson (1907) William Francis Ganong (1908) Roland Thaxter (1909) Erwin Frink Smith (1910) William Gilson Farlow (1911) Lewis Ralph Jones (1912) Douglas Houghton Campbell (1913) A. S. Hitchcock (1914) John Merle Coulter (1915) Robert Almer Harper (1916) Frederick Charles Newcombe (1917) William Trelease (1918) Joseph Charles Arthur (1919) Nathaniel Lord Britton (1920) Charles Elmer Allen (1921) Henry Chandler Cowles (1922) Benjamin Minge Duggar (1923) William Chambers Coker (1924)
1925–1949	Jacob R. Schramm (1925) Liberty Hyde Bailey (1926) Harley Harris Bartlett (1927) Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1928) Margaret Clay Ferguson (1929) Lester W. Sharp (1930) Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1931) George James Peirce (1932) Ezra Jacob Kraus (1933) E. D. Merrill (1934) Aven Nelson (1935) C. Stuart Gager (1936) Edmund Ware Sinnott (1937) Arthur Johnson Eames (1938) Karl McKay Wiegand (1939) Edgar Nelson Transeau (1940) John Theodore Buchholz (1941) Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1942) William Jacob Robbins (1943) Gilbert Morgan Smith (1944) Irving Widmer Bailey (1945) Neil Everett Stevens (1946) Ralph Erskine Cleland (1947) Henry Allan Gleason (1948) Ivey Foreman Lewis (1949)
1950–1974	Albert Francis Blakeslee (1950) Katherine Esau (1951) Edgar Anderson (1952) Ralph H. Wetmore (1953) Adriance S. Foster (1954) Oswald Tippo (1955) Harriet Creighton (1956) George Sherman Avery, Jr. (1957) Frits Warmolt Went (1958) William Campbell Steere (1959) Kenneth V. Thimann (1960) Vernon Cheadle (1961) G. Ledyard Stebbins (1962) Constantine John Alexopoulos (1963) Paul J. Kramer (1964) Aaron John Sharp (1965) Harold Charles Bold (1966) Ralph Emerson (1967) Arthur Galston (1968) Harlan Parker Banks (1969) Lincoln Constance (1970) Richard C. Starr (1971) Charles Heimsch (1972) Arthur Cronquist (1973) Theodore Delevoryas (1974)
1975–1999	Peter H. Raven (1975) Barbara Frances Palser (1976) Warren H. Wagner (1977) William August Jensen ( 1978) Herbert George Baker (1979) Charles Bixler Heiser (1980) Patricia Kern Holmgren (1981) Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. (1982) Barbara D. Webster (1983) Mildred Esther Mathias (1984) William Louis Stern (1985–86) Ray Franklin Evert (1986–87) Shirley Cotter Tucker (1987–88) W. Hardy Eshbaugh (1988–89) David Leonard Dilcher (1989–90) Beryl B. Simpson (1990–91) William Louis Culberson (1991–92) Gregory Joseph Anderson (1992–93) Grady Webster (1993–94) Harry T. Horner (1994–95) Barbara A. Schaal (1995–96) Daniel Crawford (1996–97) Nancy Dengler (1997–98) Carol C. Baskin (1998–99)
2000–present	Douglas E. Soltis (1999–2000) Patricia G. Gensel (2000–1) Judy Jernstedt (2001–2) Scott D. Russell (2002–3) Linda E. Graham (2003–4) Allison A. Snow (2004–5) Edward L. Schneider (2005–6) Christopher H. Haufler (2006–7) Pamela S. Soltis (2007–8) Karl J. Niklas (2008–9) Kent Holsinger (2009–10) Judith Skog (2010–11) Stephen G. Weller (2011–12) Elizabeth Kellogg (2012–13) Pamela Diggle (2013–14) Tom Ranker (2014–15) Richard Olmstead (2015–16) Gordon Uno (2016–17) Loren Rieseberg (2017–18) Andrea Wolfe (2018–19) Linda Watson (2019–20) Cynthia S. Jones (2020–21) Michael Donoghue (2021–22) Vivian Negron-Ortiz (2022–23) Brenda Molano-Flores (2023–24) Jenny Xiang (2024–2025)

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