Amos Binney
Amos Binney (October 18, 1803 – February 18, 1847) was an American physician and malacologist.[1]
Amos Binney | |
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 Amos Binney | |
| Born | October 18, 1803 |
| Died | February 18, 1847 (aged 43) |
| Nationality | USA |
| Alma mater | Brown University and Harvard College |
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| Fields | malacology |
Biography
His son was William G. Binney.
He was a co-founder of Boston Society of Natural History in 1830[2] and he was a member of the society until his death in 1847.[2] He was also a president of the society from May 17, 1843, to May 5, 1847.[2]
Bibliography
- (1851-1855). The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America.
- Volume 1 - edited by Augustus Addison Gould
- Volume 2
- Volume 3
- Volume 4
References
- "Amos Binney" http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/Malacologists/BinneyA.html accessed 31 May 2012.
- Creed P. R. (ed.) (1930). The Boston Society of Natural History, 1830-1930. Boston. 120 pp., p. 15.
External links
- Works by or about Amos Binney at Internet Archive
- photo of memorial of Amos Binney in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts
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