Background
Peters, James Lee was born on August 13, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Austin and Frances Howie (Lee) Peters.
Peters, James Lee was born on August 13, 1889 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Austin and Frances Howie (Lee) Peters.
Student Roxbury Latin School, 1902-1908. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1912.
Expeditions to Mexico, West Indies, Central and South America, 1911-1930. Assistant curator of birds, Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Harvard College, 1927-1932, curator since 1932.
Served as Second lieutenant United States Army, in France and Germany, World War I, 1917-1919. Fellow American Orinthologists Union, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Member Washington Academy of Sciences, American Society of Mammologists, International Commission Zoölogical Nomenclature, Deutsche Ornithologische Gessellschaft (correspondent), Ornithologische Gesellschaft Bayern (correspondent), Sociedad Ornithologica del Plata (correspondent), Nuttall Ornithological, Cooper Ornithological, Biological Society of Washington.
Clubs: Harvard of Boston, Faculty.
Married Eleanor K. Sweet, May 28, 1932.