George Newbold Lawrence
George Newbold Lawrence (October 20, 1806 – January 17, 1895) was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist.[1][2]
Lawrence conducted Pacific bird surveys for Spencer Fullerton Baird and John Cassin, and the three men co-authored Birds of North America in 1860.
He sold his collection of 8,000 bird skins to the American Museum of Natural History in 1887.[3]
Fellow ornithologists honored him by naming one bird genus and 20 species after him,[1] including both the scientific and common name of the Lawrence's goldfinch, first described by Cassin in 1852.[4]
References
External links
- "Lawrence and his friends: the dual nature of ornithologists," from the American Museum of Natural History
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