Thomas Mayo Brewer was an American naturalist. Mayo is best known as the joint author, with Baird and Ridgway, of A History of North American Birds (3 volumes, 1874), which was the first attempt since John James Audubon's (thirty years prior) to complete the study of American ornithology. Brewer was born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1835 and from Harvard Medical School three years later.

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  • Thomas Mayo Brewer was an American naturalist. Mayo is best known as the joint author, with Baird and Ridgway, of A History of North American Birds (3 volumes, 1874), which was the first attempt since John James Audubon's (thirty years prior) to complete the study of American ornithology. Brewer was born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1835 and from Harvard Medical School three years later. He abandoned his career as a doctor after a few years to concentrate on writing and politics, later becoming editor of the Boston Atlas. He then joined the printing firm of Swan & Tileston, which became Brewer & Tileston when he became a partner in 1857. Brewer spent his spare time contributing to a number of ornithological publications, including John James Audubon's Ornithological Biography before inventing the condiment that bears his name.
  • Thomas Mayo Brewer est un naturaliste américain, né le 21 novembre 1814 à Boston et mort le 24 janvier 1880. Il fait des études au Harvard College jusqu’en 1835 et passe les trois années suivantes à l’école de médecine. Il abandonne sa carrière de médecin après seulement quelques années pour se consacrer à l’écriture et à la politique. Plus tard, il devient l’éditeur du Boston Atlas. Il rejoint ensuite la maison d’édition Swan & Tileston, rebaptisée Brewer & Tileston en 1857 quand il devient associé. Il est surtout célèbre pour avoir cosigné A History of North American Birds (3 volumes, 1874) avec Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) et Robert Ridgway (1850-1929). Il est aussi l’auteur d’un ouvrage sur les œufs d’Amérique du Nord, North American Oology (1857). Il s’oppose à la destruction du moineau domestique qui venait d’être introduit aux États-Unis d'Amérique. Il est l’auteur d’une biographie de John James Audubon (1785-1851) auquel il voue une grande admiration, la fille unique de Brewer se prénomme Lucy, prénom de la femme d’Audubon.
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  • Thomas Mayo Brewer was an American naturalist. Mayo is best known as the joint author, with Baird and Ridgway, of A History of North American Birds (3 volumes, 1874), which was the first attempt since John James Audubon's (thirty years prior) to complete the study of American ornithology. Brewer was born in Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1835 and from Harvard Medical School three years later.
  • Thomas Mayo Brewer est un naturaliste américain, né le 21 novembre 1814 à Boston et mort le 24 janvier 1880. Il fait des études au Harvard College jusqu’en 1835 et passe les trois années suivantes à l’école de médecine. Il abandonne sa carrière de médecin après seulement quelques années pour se consacrer à l’écriture et à la politique. Plus tard, il devient l’éditeur du Boston Atlas.
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  • Thomas Mayo Brewer
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