Thomas Say: Early American Naturalist.

Abstract

Among the early Americans a few figures stand out with startling conspicuousness for their contributions to natural history—more conspicuously, no doubt, because so few of their contemporaries showed even any interest in such studies. One of the most widely known and striking of these pioneer naturalists, one who has left a permanent impress on the literature of science, is the man whose personal life is the subject of this book. Thomas Say was the son of Dr. Benjamin Say of Philadelphia, who in 1783 lived on the same street close to the distinguished Dr. Benjamin Rush. The authors give much interesting evidence of Dr. Benjamin Say's prominence in public affairs as well as in medical practice. All students of medical history will prize this chapter, with its records of an able man "now completely forgotten." The story of his famous son Thomas Say is rich in anecdote and involves a

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