The Boston Society of Natural History in Boston, Massachusetts, was an organization dedicated to the study and promotion of natural history. It published a scholarly journal and established a museum.
New England Museum of Natural History, corner of Boylston and Berkeley Streets, Back Bay, Boston, 19th century
Building of the Provident Inst. for Savings, Tremont St., Boston, built in 1833. Offices on the third floor were occupied by the Boston Society of Natural History, 1833–1847.
Natural History Museum, corner of Boylston Street and Berkeley Street, Back Bay, Boston, c. 1864
Former museum building, 234 Berkeley Street, Boston, 2009
Thomas Tracy Bouvé
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Thomas Tracy Bouvé was an American naturalist, abolitionist, and merchant based in Boston. He served as curator and president of the Boston Society of Natural History from 1870 to 1880 and was a membe
Boston Society of Natural History
…was the zoologist William Patten. The many scholars and curators affiliated with the society at various times included Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Thomas Tracy Bouvé, Thomas Mayo Brewer, Augustus Addison Gould, F. W. P. Greenwood, Charles Thomas Jackson, Charles Sedgwick Minot, Albert Ordway, Samuel Hubbard Scudder…
Bouvé ca. 1884