> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 142](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189613) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7452-1) LSID 7452-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3568538) QID Q3568538 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Peck, William Dandridge (1763-1822), American botanist and entomologist; B.A. Harvard 1782; first professor of natural history at Harvard 1805-1822. **Abbreviated name**: *W. Peck* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.Peck*\] #### Herbarium and types The only herbarium specimens made by Peck definitely known to us are the – relatively few – specimens seen by FAS in the Thunberg herbarium at [[Collection UPS|UPS]]; and a small number at [[Collection PH|PH]]. – The specimens at [[Collection UPS|UPS]] stem from the White Mountains in New Hampshire. – Diary 1805-1808 in Widener Archives, Harvard University. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 429; Barnhart 3: 62; Bossert p. 304 (b. 8 Mai 1763; d. 3 Oct 1822); CSP 4: 798; DAB (by L.O. Howard); IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 448; ME 1: 218; Rehder 5: 657; Tucker 1: 545. #### Biofile - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255: 125. 1980. - Darlington, W., Reliq. Baldwin. 39, 41. 1843. - Dawson, W.R., Smith papers 73. 1954 (letters to J.E. Smith). - Essig, E.O., Hist. entomology 729-732. 1931 (biogr., b. 8 Mai 1763, d. 8 Oct 1822). - Ewan, J., Regnum veg. 71: 43. 1970 (visit Bonpland); *in* F. Pursh, Fl. Amer. sept., facs. repr. 1979, p. 23-24. 1979. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 6, 7, 36. 1969. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 369. 1938 (first dir. bot. gard. Harvard, 1807-1822). - Gilbert, P., Comp. biogr. lit. deceased entom. 291. 1977 (q.v. for further biogr. refs.). - Graustein, J.E., Thomas Nuttall 475 \[index\]. 1967. - Hedrick, U.P., Hist. hortic. America 230, 422. 1950. - Howard, L.O., Smithson. misc. Coll. 84: 11, 30, 72. 1930. - Kelly, H.A. & W.L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 900-901. 1920. - Mallis, A., Amer. entom. 13-16. 1971. - Mears, J.A., Proc. Amer. philos. Soc. 122: 166. 1978 (visit Pursh, see Pursh 1814, p. xv). - Osborn, H., Fragm. entom. hist. 7, 11, 13, 26, 93, 98, 238, 239, *pl*. 7. 1937. - Sutton, S.B., Charles Sprague Sargent 42. 1970. - Weiss, H.B., Pioneer cent. Amer. entom. 50-52. 1936. #### Eponymy *Peckia* Vellozo (1825) is dedicated to his memory according to Backer. However, Vellozo states, "In memoriam D. Peck, Botanici Gallii." and Backer's attribution must be incorrect. ### Publications ##### n.7605. A catalogue of American and foreign plants **Title** *A catalogue of American and foreign plants* cultivated in the botanic garden, Cambridge, Massachusetts... Cambridge (printed by Hilliard and Metcalf,...) Qu. (in twos). 1818. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Amer. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1818, p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-60. *Copies*: MO, NY. – Also issued as an appendix to Rep. J. Mass. Hort. Soc. 5(1). 1818.