Henry Bryant* (1820-05-12 - 1867-02-02) person
Graduated Harvard 1840; M.D. Harvard 1843. Purchased Frédéric de Lafresnaye's collections for Boston Society of Natural History while serving as an army surgeon in France. Lafresnaye Collections was later transfered the the MCZ. After his death, his personal bird collection was expanded by his son Dr. William S. Bryant and his grandson (William's nephew) Henry Bryant Bigelow. Henry B. Bigelow donated the bird collection to the MCZ in 1899-90.
Names for this agent
- Dr. Henry Perkins Bryant
- Henry Bryant (preferred)
- Bryant, H. (author)
- H. Bryant (second author)
- No media showing this agent
- father of William S. Bryant
- grandfather of Henry B. Bigelow
- William S. Bryant son of Henry Bryant
- Orn (1323 records) in years 1840-1966
- IZ (60 records) in years 1859-1864
- Herp (21 records) none known to year
- Ich (19 records) in year 1917
- Mala (16 records) in year 1904
- Mamm (5 records) none known to year
- VP (1 record) none known to year
- Ent (1 record) none known to year
- All
Range of years collected is greater than 80 (1840-1966)
Collecting Event Map
- Amphibia: Bufonidae (1 record) none known to year
- Amphibia: Leptodactylidae (2 records) none known to year
- Amphibia: Microhylidae (1 record) none known to year
- Amphibia: Ranidae (1 record) none known to year
- Arachnida: Buthidae (1 record) none known to year
- Arachnida: Phrynidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Accipitridae (44 records) in years 1858-1864
- Aves: Aegithalidae (2 records) none known to year
- Aves: Alaudidae (5 records) in year 1877
- Aves: Alcedinidae (6 records) none known to year
- Aves: Alcidae (21 records) in years 1856-1860
- Aves: Anatidae (28 records) in years 1850-1938
- Aves: Apodidae (15 records) in years 1862-1865
- Aves: Aramidae (4 records) none known to year
- Aves: Ardeidae (19 records) in years 1850-1913
- Aves: Bombycillidae (8 records) none known to year
- Aves: Caprimulgidae (17 records) none known to year
- Aves: Cathartidae (3 records) in years 1854-1864
- Aves: Certhiidae (6 records) none known to year
- Aves: Charadriidae (4 records) in years 1850-1860
- Aves: Ciconiidae (2 records) in year 1854
- Aves: Cinclidae (3 records) none known to year
- Aves: Columbidae (41 records) in years 1864-1866
- Aves: Conopophagidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Corvidae (39 records) in years 1864-1865
- Aves: Cotingidae (2 records) none known to year
- Aves: Cuculidae (29 records) in years 1862-1865
- Aves: Dendrocolaptidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Diomedeidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Emberizidae (228 records) in years 1854-1966
- Aves: Falconidae (28 records) in years 1851-1864
- Aves: Formicariidae (3 records) none known to year
- Aves: Fregatidae (3 records) in year 1854
- Aves: Fringillidae (1 record) in year 1853
- Aves: Galbulidae (6 records) none known to year
- Aves: Gruidae (4 records) in years 1854-1855
- Aves: Haematopodidae (2 records) in year 1869
- Aves: Hirundinidae (20 records) in years 1859-1914
- Aves: Icteridae (22 records) in years 1863-1865
- Aves: Jacanidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Laniidae (7 records) none known to year
- Aves: Laridae (39 records) in years 1850-1890
- Aves: Meleagrididae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Mimidae (30 records) in year 1858
- Aves: Motacillidae (6 records) none known to year
- Aves: Muscicapidae (50 records) in years 1842-1866
- Aves: Nyctibiidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Aves: Paridae (16 records) none known to year
- Aves: Parulidae (141 records) in years 1842-1885
- Aves: Pelecanidae (1 record) in year 1854
- Aves: Phaethontidae (7 records) none known to year
- Aves: Phalacrocoracidae (8 records) in years 1851-1860
- Aves: Phalaropodidae (3 records) none known to year
- Aves: Phasianidae (3 records) none known to year
- Aves: Phoenicopteridae (1 record) in year 1866
- Aves: Picidae (48 records) in year 1864
- Aves: Pipridae (2 records) none known to year
- Aves: Ploceidae (8 records) none known to year
- Aves: Podicipedidae (6 records) in year 1865
- Aves: Procellariidae (5 records) none known to year
- Aves: Psittacidae (14 records) in years 1863-1865
- Aves: Rallidae (13 records) in years 1850-1865
- Aves: Ramphastidae (1 record) none known to year
- Aves: Rynchopidae (2 records) none known to year
- Aves: Scolopacidae (36 records) in years 1850-1877
- Aves: Sittidae (19 records) none known to year
- Aves: Strigidae (24 records) in years 1859-1864
- Aves: Sulidae (8 records) in year 1850
- Aves: Sylviidae (2 records) in year 1850
- Aves: Tetraonidae (7 records) in years 1871-1874
- Aves: Threskiornithidae (4 records) in year 1858
- Aves: Todidae (11 records) in year 1865
- Aves: Trochilidae (22 records) in years 1859-1865
- Aves: Troglodytidae (24 records) in years 1840-1862
- Aves: Tyrannidae (99 records) in years 1849-1877
- Aves: Tytonidae (1 record) in year 1865
- Aves: Vireonidae (34 records) in years 1857-1877
- Bivalvia: Donacidae (1 record) none known to year
- Bivalvia: Spondylidae (1 record) in year 1904
- Bivalvia: Unionidae (3 records) none known to year
- Chilopoda: Scolopendridae (3 records) in year 1864
- Chondrichthyes: Carcharhinidae (1 record) none known to year
- Chondrichthyes: Hybodontidae (1 record) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Aplysinidae (2 records) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Callyspongiidae (20 records) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Chalinidae (1 record) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Clionaidae (1 record) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Dysideidae (1 record) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Irciniidae (3 records) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Microcionidae (1 record) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Niphatidae (1 record) none known to year
- Demospongiae: Spongiidae (14 records) none known to year
- Demospongiae: [no family] (2 records) none known to year
- Diplopoda: Spirobolidae (1 record) in year 1864
- Echinoidea: Diadematidae (1 record) none known to year
- Echinoidea: Toxopneustidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Polygyridae (2 records) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Pupillidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Succineidae (2 records) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Truncatellidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Urocoptidae (1 record) none known to year
- Gastropoda: Xanthonychidae (4 records) none known to year
- Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae (1 record) none known to year
- Insecta: Scarabaeidae (1 record) none known to year
- Malacostraca: Cambaridae (1 record) none known to year
- Malacostraca: Diogenidae (2 records) none known to year
- Malacostraca: Portunidae (1 record) in year 1859
- Mammalia: Canidae (2 records) none known to year
- Mammalia: Phocidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Suidae (1 record) none known to year
- Mammalia: Vespertilionidae (1 record) none known to year
- Ophiuroidea: Ophiactidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Apogonidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Carangidae (2 records) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Cyprinodontidae (2 records) in year 1917
- Osteichthyes: Diodontidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Fundulidae (1 record) in year 1917
- Osteichthyes: Gerreidae (2 records) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Haemulidae (3 records) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Hemiramphidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Monacanthidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthyes: Poeciliidae (2 records) in year 1917
- Osteichthys: Albulidae (1 record) none known to year
- Osteichthys: Exocoetidae (1 record) none known to year
- Reptilia: Dactyloidae (2 records) none known to year
- Reptilia: Gekkonidae (1 record) none known to year
- Reptilia: Scincidae (2 records) none known to year
- Reptilia: Teiidae (4 records) none known to year
- Reptilia: Tropidophidae (7 records) none known to year
- : [no family] (1 record) none known to year
- Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase
- 37 identifications for 37 Ornithology cataloged items
- age class for 1 Ornithology specimens
- sex for 1 Ornithology specimens
- Bryant, H. 1859. A list of birds seen at the Bahamas from January 20th to May 14th, 1859, with descriptions of new or little known species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:102–134. 14 citations
- Bryant, H. 1867. Additions to the list of birds seen at the Bahamas. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 11:63–70. 3 citations
- Bryant, H. 1867. A list of birds of St. Domingo, with descriptions of some new species or varieties. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 11:89–98. 1 citation
- Bryant, H. 1865. Description of a new variety of Parus from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9:368–369. 5 citations
- Bryant, H. 1866. A list of birds from Porto Rico presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Messrs. Robert Swift and George Latimer, with descriptions of new species or varieties. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 10:248–257. 2 citations
- Bryant, H. 1864. Description of two birds from the Bahama Islands, hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9:279–280. 3 citations
- Bryant, H. 1860. On two new birds from Colombia. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:226–227. 1 citation
- Bryant, H. 1861. Monograph of the genus Catarractes, Moehring. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 8:134–144. 1 citation