Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Thomas Say
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Say, Thomas
Read Next
Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
9 Animals That Look Like Leaves
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.
U.S. Death Toll During Major Events
The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Discover
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)
11 Banned Books Through Time
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army
8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century

Thomas Say: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Thomas-Say
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born June 27, 1787 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died October 10, 1834 (aged 47) • New Harmony • Indiana
Notable Works “American Entomology”
Subjects Of Study insect • United States • taxonomy

Photos

Say, Thomas
See All Images →
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
Bessey, c. 1910
Charles E. Bessey
American botanist
John Connally
American politician
Perry Belmont
American author and politician
Edmund Gerald Brown
American politician
George Bruce Cortelyou
United States public official
Patrick A. McCarran
American politician
Ken Salazar
American lawyer and politician
Paul Simon
United States senator
Wilbur Mills
American lawyer and politician
Pierre Salinger
American journalist and political figure
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
American politician
Joseph Lane
American statesman
Warren Rudman
United States senator
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
United States statesman
Bruce Babbitt
American politician
John Anthony Volpe
American politician
Jesse Lee Reno
United States Army officer
William S. Cohen
United States senator and secretary of defense