# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-dandridge-peck
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:11:05.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-dandridge-peck"
name: "William Dandridge Peck"
slug: "william-dandridge-peck"
description: "William Dandridge Peck was an American naturalist, the first American-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."
tagline: "American scientist (1763-1822)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Dandridge_Peck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1763-05-08"
deathDate: "1822-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump