Harriet Louise Keeler

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Harriet Louise Keeler
Older white woman, hair in a bouffant updo
Harriet Louise Keeler, from a 1937 magazine
Born1846
Died1921
OccupationEducator

Harriet Louise Keeler (1846-1921) was an American teacher, botanist, and author of several plant identification guides and textbooks.[1][2] She authored 11 books, and the Harriet Keeler Memorial Woods in the Brecksville Reservation are named in her honor.[3]

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  1. ^ "KEELER, HARRIET LOUISE". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 4 August 2018. She published numerous English textbooks, nature studies, and other works both during and after her career, including The Wild Flowers of Early Spring (1894), Our Northern Shrubs and How to Identify Them (1903), and The Life of Adelia A. Field Johnson (1912).
  2. ^ Becker, Thea Gallo (2012). Legendary Locals of Cleveland. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 9781467100298. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Harriet Keeler - Teacher - Author - Citizen". Cleveland Metroparks. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2018. Harriet Keeler is a name that may sound familiar to many of you who visit Brecksville Reservation. Across from the pathway that leads to the nature center is a historic Depression era shelterhouse and picnic area in honor of Harriet Keeler. She also has 370 acres of woodland set aside in her name near the nature center called the Harriet Keeler Memorial Woods. Her contributions to field biology specifically in dendrology and botany were some of the finest of that time period in Ohio.


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