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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Thomas Say Biography SAY,
Thomas (1787-1834). An American geologist and zoölogist, born in
Philadelphia. Becoming a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in
Philadelphia (1812) soon after its founding, he devoted much time and labor to
developing its collections. In 1818 he took part in a scientific exploration of
Georgia and Florida, and in 1819-20 he was naturalist to Major S. H. Long's
expedition to the Rocky Mountains. Say was a collector of insects and mollusks,
and his works describing them were the beginnings of the sciences of entomology
and conchology in America. His larger works were American
Entomology (1824-28; reprinted and edited by J. L. Le Conte, 1859) and
American Conchology (1830-34); new ed. by W. G. Binney, 1858). He became
interested in, and after 1825 was a member of, the Socialistic community at New
Harmony, Ind., where he died. |