The Linnaean Society of New York (LSNY) was established in 1878, in the

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, by a group of amateurs interested in

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, especially

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. The founding members included H.P. Bailey,

Eugene Pintard Bicknell Eugene Pintard Bicknell (September 23, 1859 – February 9, 1925) was an American botanist and ornithologist. Bicknell was born at Riverdale-on-Hudson, the sixth son of Maria Theresa Pierrepont and Joseph Inglis Bicknell. The family was descend ...

Ernest Ingersoll Ernest Ingersoll (March 13, 1852 – November 13, 1946) was an American naturalist, writer and explorer. Biography A native of Monroe, Michigan, Ingersoll studied for a time at Oberlin College and afterward at Harvard University, where he was a ...

Clinton Hart Merriam Clinton Hart Merriam (December 5, 1855 – March 19, 1942) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the 'father of mammalogy', a ...

and

John Burroughs John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was ''Wake-Robin'' in 1871. In the words of his bio ...

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Ornithological organizations in the United States Non-profit organizations based in New York City 1878 establishments in New York (state) Organizations established in 1878 {{Sci-org-stub