Thomas Say

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Thomas Say

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Entomology

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Why Is Thomas Say Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Thomas Say was an American entomologist, conchologist, and herpetologist. His studies of insects and shells, numerous contributions to scientific journals, and scientific expeditions to Florida, Georgia, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and elsewhere made him an internationally known naturalist. Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology. He served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society , and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania.

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