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'''William Dandridge Peck''' (May 8, 1763 [[Boston]] – October 8, 1822 [[Cambridge, MA]]) was a [[botanist]],<ref name=ipni>{{cite web |work=[[International Plant Names Index|IPNI]] |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=7452-1 |title=Entry for Peck, William Dandridge |accessdate=April 23, 2012}}</ref> and [[United States|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.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter P|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterP.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=August 7, 2014}}</ref> 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.
'''William Dandridge Peck''' (May 8, 1763 [[Boston]] – October 8, 1822 [[Cambridge, MA]]) was a [[botanist]],<ref name=ipni>{{cite web |work=[[International Plant Names Index|IPNI]] |url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=7452-1 |title=Entry for Peck, William Dandridge |accessdate=April 23, 2012}}</ref> and [[United States|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.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter P|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterP.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|accessdate=August 7, 2014}}</ref> Dandridge was also a founding member of the [[American Antiquarian Society]] in 1812,<ref>[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistd American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]</ref> and served as the society's first vice-president from 1812-1816.<ref>Dunbar, B. (1987). ''Members and Officers of the American Antiquarian Society''. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society.</ref>His pioneering entomological article was "The Description and History of the Canker Worm", describing the species as ''[[Phalaena vernata]]'', the spring cankerworm.<ref>Peck, W. D. (1795). [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.319 ''The Description and History of the Canker-Worm'']. Massachusetts Magazine, Or, Monthly Museum Of Knowledge & Rational Entertainment, '''7'''(9), 324-327.</ref>


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

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]

The standard author abbreviation W.Peck is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Entry for Peck, William Dandridge". IPNI. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter P" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  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.
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  W.Peck.

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