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George Newbold Lawrence

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Name
  
George Lawrence


Role
  
Author


Died
  
January 17, 1895, New York City, New York, United States

George Newbold Lawrence (October 20, 1806 – January 17, 1895) was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist.

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.

Fellow ornithologists honored him by naming one bird genus and 20 species after him, including both the scientific and common name of the Lawrence's goldfinch, first described by Cassin in 1852.

References

George Newbold Lawrence Wikipedia


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