William Dandridge Peck
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William Dandridge Peck 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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’s first native entomologist. He was a professor at Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
. 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.