Background
Peckham, George Williams was born on March 23, 1845 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of George W. and Mary (Perry) Peckham.
Peckham, George Williams was born on March 23, 1845 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of George W. and Mary (Perry) Peckham.
Student Milwaukee Academy, 1860-1863. Private to First lieutenant Wisconsin Artillery, 1863-1865. Antioch College, 1866.
Albany Law School, 1866-1867. Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1881. (Doctor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1894).
Principal high school, Milwaukee, 1885-1892. Superintendent schools, Milwaukee, 1892-1896. Librarian Milwaukee Public Library, 1896-1910.
President Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 1891-1893. President of the board of trustees of Milwaukee Public Museum, 1892-1896. Author: (with wife) Observations on Sexual Selection in Spiders, 1890.
Habits and Instincts of Solitary Wasps, 1898. Wasps, Social and Solitary, 1905. Home: Milwaukee, Wis.
Married Elizabeth Gifford, September 16, 1880.