Amos Binney

Amos Binney (October 18, 1803 – February 18, 1847) was an American physician, malacologist, and co-founder and president of the Boston Society of Natural History.^[1]

Amos Binney
Amos Binney
Born	(1803-10-18)October 18, 1803 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	February 18, 1847(1847-02-18) (aged 43) Rome, Italy
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Brown University and Harvard College
Scientific career
Fields	malacology

Biography

His son was William G. Binney.

He was a co-founder of Boston Society of Natural History in 1830^[2] and he was a member of the society until his death in 1847.^[2] He was also a president of the society from May 17, 1843, to May 5, 1847.^[2]

He ran in the 1827 Boston mayoral election.

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
  • Volume 3
  • Volume 4