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| 1814 births | |
| brewer, thomas mayo | |
| 1880 deaths | |
| american ornithologists | |
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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 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''. |
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