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Peet, Stephen Denison 1830-

Clergyman; born in Euclid, O., Dec. 2, 1830; graduated at Beloit College in 1851 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1854; was active in the ministry of the Congregational Church in 1855-66; later became known as an archaeologist. In 1878 he founded and became editor of The American Antiquarian, the first journal in the United States devoted entirely to archaeology. His publications include History of Ashtabula county, Ohio; Ancient architecture in America; History of early missions in Wisconsin; Primitive symbolism; Mound builders; Animal effigies; Cliff dwellers; The effigy mounds of Wisconsin, etc.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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