Thomas Mayo Brewer (1814–80)

American ornithologist, journalist, and publisher. Practised medicine briefly after graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1838. Editor of the Boston Atlas and Washington correspondent for the paper during the 1840s and 1850s. Became a partner in the publishing firm Swan & Tileston, 1857; later head of Brewer & Tileston, a position he held until his retirement in 1875. Worked on birds’ eggs and contributed to bird guides and lists.