William G. Binney

William Greene Binney (October 22, 1833 – August 3, 1909)^[2] 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,^[3][4] 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.

William G. Binney
William G. Binney
Born	William Greene Binney (1833-10-22)October 22, 1833 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died	October 22, 1909(1909-10-22) (aged 76) Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard University
Spouse	Marie Louise Chamberlain[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Malacology, Conchology

Binney's obituary in the New York Times included the following information:^[5]

Mr. Binney followed in the steps of his father, who was an authority on molluscs. Besides editing his father's works, he prepared for the Smithsonian Institution a work on "The Land and Fresh Water Shells of America" and numerous monographs on the same subject. He was also responsible, in conjunction with Amos Binney, for the collection of North American shells at the Harvard Museum.

Taxa

Taxa named in honor of Binney include:

• Nesovitrea binneyana (E. S. Morse, 1864)

Bibliography

• The terrestrial air-breathing mollusks of the United States, and the adjacent territories of North America
  • Binney W. G. (1859) Volume 4
  • Binney W. G. (July 1878) Volume 5. Plates.