John Cassin
John Cassin (September 6, 1813 – January 10, 1869) was an American ornithologist from Pennsylvania. He worked as curator and Vice President at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences and focused on the systemic classification of the Academy's extensive collection of birds. He was one of the founders of the Delaware County Institute of Science and published several books describing 194 new species of birds. Five species of North American birds, a cicada, and a mineral are named in his honor.
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Place a HoldIllustrations of the birds of California Texas Oregon British and Russian AmericaIntended to contain descriptions and figures of all North-American birds not given by former American authors and a general synopsis of North American ornithologyBookby Cassin, John, 1813-1869
Published 1856
