William Dandridge Peck

For other people named William Peck, see William Peck (disambiguation).

William Dandridge Peck (May 8 1763 Boston- October 8 1822 Cambridge, Mass.) was America ’s first native entomologist. He was a professor at Harvard College. His pioneering entomological article was "The Description and History of the Canker Worm" Mass. Mag. Vol.7 (1795), describing the species as Phalaena vernata, the spring cankerworm.

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Name	Peck, William Dandridge
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Date of birth	May 8, 1763
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Date of death	October 8, 1822
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