About William G. Binney
Lived 1833 – 1909 (aged 75). William G. Binney was an American zoologist and malacologist.
William Greene Binney (October 22, 1833 – August 3, 1909) was an American attorney known for his avocation as a malacologist, working mostly during the second half of the nineteenth century. He was responsible for volumes 4 and 5 of The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States, a task he took over from his father, Amos Binney, and collaborator, Augustus Addison Gould. The ninety engraved plates which were part of volume 5, illustrating most of the then known land mollusk fauna, are particularly noteworthy.
Binney's obituary in the New York Times included the following information:
Taxa Taxa named in honor of Binney include: Nesovitrea binneyana (E. S. Morse, 1864)
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Who was William G. Binney?
American malacologist (1833-1909)
When was William G. Binney born?
William G. Binney was born on 22 October 1833 in Boston.
When did William G. Binney die?
William G. Binney died on 3 August 1909 in Burlington City.
What was William G. Binney's occupation?
William G. Binney was a zoologist and malacologist.
What nationality was William G. Binney?
William G. Binney was American.
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