Amos Binney (October 18, 1803 – February 18, 1847) was an American physician and

malacologist Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

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Biography

His son was William G. Binney. He was a co-founder of

Boston Society of Natural History The Boston Society of Natural History (1830–1948) in Boston, Massachusetts, was an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of natural history. It published a scholarly journal and established a museum. In its first few decades, the s ...

in 1830 Creed P. R. (ed.) (1930). ''The Boston Society of Natural History, 1830-1930.'' Boston. 120 pp.
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and he was a member of the society until his death in 1847. He was also a president of the society from May 17, 1843, to May 5, 1847.

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
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Volume 3
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Volume 4

References

External links

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photo of memorial of Amos Binney
in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts {{DEFAULTSORT:Binney, Amos 1803 births 1847 deaths People from Boston American malacologists 19th-century American physicians Harvard College alumni Brown University alumni