Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 28, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia), 28 Aug 1821
Notes:
Thomas Say (1787-1834) was an American naturalist. His definitive studies of insects and shells, numerous contributions to scientific journals, and scientific expeditions to Florida, Georgia, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and elsewhere made him internationally known. Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology. He served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society, and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1821 he was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Peale Museum, but he evidently did not give the planned lectures.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
