{{Short description|American physician and malacologist (1803–1847)}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Amos Binney |image = AmosBinney BSNH 1930.png |image_size = |alt = Amos Binney |caption = Amos Binney |birth_date = {{Birth date|1803|10|18}} |birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts |death_date = {{Death date and age|1847|02|18|1803|10|18}} |death_place = Rome, Italy <!--|resting_place = Mount Auburn, near Boston INCOMPATIBLE WITH Infobox scientist --> |residence = |citizenship = |ethnicity = |fields = malacology |workplaces = |alma_mater = Brown University and Harvard College |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |awards = |footnotes = }}
'''Amos Binney''' (October 18, 1803 – February 18, 1847) was an American medical doctor, malacologist, and co-founder and president of the Boston Society of Natural History.<ref name="inhs">"Amos Binney" http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~ksc/Malacologists/BinneyA.html accessed 31 May 2012.</ref>
==Biography== His son was William G. Binney.
He was a co-founder of Boston Society of Natural History in 1830<ref name="Creed 1930">Creed P. R. (ed.) (1930). ''The Boston Society of Natural History, 1830–1930.'' Boston. 120 pp., [https://archive.org/stream/bostonsocietyofn00bost#page/14/mode/2up p. 15].</ref> and he was a member of the society until his death in 1847.<ref name="Creed 1930"/> He was also a president of the society from May 17, 1843, to May 5, 1847.<ref name="Creed 1930"/>
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. ** [https://archive.org/details/terrestrialairbr185101binn Volume 1] – edited by Augustus Addison Gould ** [https://archive.org/details/terrestrialairbr02binn Volume 2] ** [https://archive.org/details/terrestrialairbr03binn Volume 3] ** [https://archive.org/details/terrestrialairbr04binn Volume 4]
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== External links == * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Amos Binney}} * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/spotboslow/3044574221/ photo of memorial of Amos Binney] in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts
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