Charles Horton Peck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Horton Peck

U.S. mycologist (1833–1917)

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1833

Place of Birth: Sand Lake, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jul-1917

Profession: botanist, mycologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Charles Horton Peck, born March 30, 1833 in Sand Lake, New York, died July 11, 1917 in Menands, New York, was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2700 species of North American fungi.