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Thomas Say was an American botanist, entomologist, zoologist, and malacologist. He was born in Philadelphia on June 27, 1787, and died of typhoid fever in New Harmony on October 10, 1834. His work focused on natural history, entomology, conchology, and herpetology. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and his spouse was Lucy Say.
Say authored 23 works, including *Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains*, *American Entomology, or Descriptions of the Insects of North America*, and *American Conchology; or, Descriptions of the Shells of North America*. His writings are in English. He is described by the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*. Collection items from his work are held at the Harvard University Herbaria, the Natural History Museum, and the National Museum of Natural History.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ... ; Volume II
- Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
- American Entomology, or Descriptions of the Insects of North America
- The Complete Writings of Thomas Say on the Entomology of North America Set by Thomas Say (1978, Hardcover, Reprint)
- American Conchology; or, Descriptions of the Shells of North America
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- New Harmony
- Spouse
- Lucy Say
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- herpetology
- Image
- Thomas Say.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thomas Say
- date of birth
- 1787-00-00
- date of death
- 1834-00-00
- place of burial
- New Harmony
- Commons gallery
- Thomas Say
- author citation (zoology)
- Say
- cause of death
- typhoid fever
- writing language
- English language
- P6944
- Thomas Say
- manner of death
- natural causes
- collection items at
- National Museum of Natural History
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Thomas Say, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
