William Dandridge Peck

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William Dandridge Peck (May 8, 1763 Boston – October 8, 1822 Cambridge, MA) was a botanist,[1] and America ’s first native entomologist. He was a professor at Harvard College. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1793.[2] Dandridge was also a founding member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1812,[3] and served as the society's first vice-president from 1812-1816.[4]His pioneering entomological article was "The Description and History of the Canker Worm", describing the species as Phalaena vernata, the spring cankerworm.[5]

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  3. American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
  4. Dunbar, B. (1987). Members and Officers of the American Antiquarian Society. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society.
  5. Peck, W. D. (1795). The Description and History of the Canker-Worm. Massachusetts Magazine, Or, Monthly Museum Of Knowledge & Rational Entertainment, 7(9), 324-327.
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