Editing Thomas Say (section)

{{short description|American naturalist (1787–1834)}}
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|name                    = Thomas Say
|image                   = File:Thomas Say by Joseph Wood, c. 1812, oil on wood, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-NPG 72 112Say-000001.jpg
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|caption                 = Thomas Say by [[Joseph Wood (painter)|Joseph Wood]], c. 1812
|birth_date              = {{Birth date|1787|6|27|mf=y}}
|birth_place             = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|death_date              = {{death date and age|1834|10|10|1787|6|27|mf=y}}
|death_place             = [[New Harmony, Indiana|New Harmony]], [[Indiana]]
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|nationality             = [[United States|American]]
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|field                   = [[Natural history]], [[Entomology]]
|work_institution        = [[Academy of Natural Sciences]]
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|known_for               = "father of descriptive entomology in the United States"
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'''Thomas Say''' (June 27, 1787 – October 10, 1834) was an American [[entomologist]], [[conchologist]], and [[Herpetology|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]] (elected in 1817),<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=1817&year-max=1817&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-04-02|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> and professor of natural history at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>Mallis, 1971</ref><ref>Pitzer, 1989</ref>