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Roger Tory Peterson

Roger Tory Peterson

Interment LocationVisited 
Old Lyme, CTFebruary 17, 2023 

Photographed February 17, 2023.
Photographed February 17, 2023.
Photographed February 17, 2023.
Photographed February 17, 2023.

Fast Facts

Born: August 28, 1908 in Jamestown, New York

Spouses: Mildred Warner Washington Busse (m. 1936-1943); Barbara Coulter Peterson (m. 1943-1975); Virginia Marie Quinlan Westervelt Peterson (m. 1976-1996)

Presidential Medal of Freedom: Awarded by Jimmy Carter (1980)

Died: July 28, 1996 in Old Lyme, Connecticut

Age: 87

Interment: Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Connecticut

 

Sources Consulted and Further Reading

Joyce, Brittany. “Roger Tory Peterson Photographs.” Brandeis University. March 1, 2015. https://www.brandeis.edu/library/archives/essays/special-collections/peterson-photographs.html.

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