Background
Peale, Titian Ramsay was born on November 17, 1799 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Willson and Elizabeth (De Peyster) Peale.
Peale, Titian Ramsay was born on November 17, 1799 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Willson and Elizabeth (De Peyster) Peale.
Studied anatomy University of Pennsylvania.
Apprenticed to spinning machine manufacturer, 1814. Worked with his brother Rubens (curator of music, Philadelphia), 1816-1818. Joined William MacLure and Thomas Say in expedition to coasts of Georgia and Florida to study and collect fauna specimens, 1818-1819.
Assistant naturalist under Stephen H. Long on United States Army expedition to Upper Missouri, 1819-1820.
Assistant manager Philadelphia Museum, 1821-1824. Exhibited 4 water color paintings Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, 1822.
Sent to Florida by Charles Lucien Bonaparte to collect specimens and make drawings for book American Ornithology, 1824. Member civil staff United States exploring expedition to South Seas under Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842, made drawings which appeared in published accounts of expedition.
Examiner United States Patent Office, Washington, District of Columbia, 1849-1872.
Member civil staff United States exploring expedition to South Seas under Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842, made drawings which appeared in published accounts of expedition.
Married Eliza Cecilia Louisiana Forgue, 1822. Married second, Lucy Mullen.