In 1971, Clarke entered the world of jazz as a teenager from the Philadelphia Academy of Music.

NPR: Stanley Clarke: A Lyrical Bass Player

He displayed his discovery at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and showed it off to colleagues, including Othniel Marsh--who retorted that the head of his so-called elasmosaurus was firmly affixed to its tail.

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Fabiano's co-star on Monday will be soprano Angela Meade, who studied with him at Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts and was also a winner of those Met auditions.

WSJ: Rising tenor Fabiano tackles early Verdi

Rebuffed by Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences (many of whose members were then enamoured of Alexander Wilson, another American bird-sketcher), he set sail on spec for England in 1826.

ECONOMIST: John James Audubon