William Dandridge Peck

William Dandridge Peck (May 8, 1763 – October 8, 1822) was an American naturalist, the first native-born entomologist and a pioneer in the field of economic entomology. In 1806 he became the first professor of natural history at Harvard, a position he held until his death in 1822.

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

The description and history of the cankerworm. (1795)

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Natural history of the slugworm. (1799)

Important communication relative to the cankerworm. (1816)

On the insects which destroy the young branches of the pear tree... (1817)

Some notice of the insect which destroys the locust tree. (1818)

Insects which affect the oak and cherries. (1819)

Peck was never a prolific author. His writings focused on insects as agricultural pests and were published in farm periodicals. Some of his notable papers include:^[1]

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Category:Taxa named by William Dandridge Peck

Anon. (1823). . Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 10: 161–170.

"Obituary Notice of Professor Peck"

Essig, E. O. (1931). . New York: Macmillan Company. pp. 729–732.

A History of Entomology

Mallis, Arnold (1971). . Rutgers University Press. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-8135-0686-7.

American Entomologists

Sorenson, W. Conner (1995). Brethren of the Net: American Entomology, 1840-1880. University of Alabama Press. pp. 64–65.