Writer, naturalist, illustrator, wood-engraver, educator. Anna Botsford Comstock was Assistant Professor of Nature Studies at Cornell University and later became the first female professor at Cornell in 1920. She was a proven leader in the field of nature study.
Anna B. Comstock graduated from Cornell University with the Class of 1878. She was the wife of John Henry Comstock. They married October 7, 1878. Each were pioneers in their respective fields of study.
She was known as an American artist, educator, conservationist, and a leader of the natural study movement. Comstock grew up on her parents' farm, where she and her mother spent time together examining the wildflowers, birds and trees.
Comstock attended the Chamberlain Institute and Female College, then she returned to Otto and taught for a year. In 1874, Comstock entered Cornell University, but left after two years. In 1878, at the age of 24, she married John Henry Comstock, a young entomologist on the Cornell faculty who got her interested in insect illustration.
Throughout her life, Comstock illustrated her husband's lectures and publications on insects. She had no formal training in this illustration; she would study an insect under a microscope then draw it. While her husband was chief entomologist in the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, she prepared the drawings for his 1880 Report of the Entomologist on citrus scale insects. She then re-entered Cornell and received a degree in natural history in 1885.
Comstock both wrote and illustrated several books, including The Handbook of Nature Study, published in 1911. The Handbook of Nature Study was expected to lose money, but it became a standard textbook for teachers and was later translated into eight languages, with over twenty printings.
Comstock is most famous for being one of the first to bring her students and other teachers out-of-doors to study nature. In 1895, Comstock was appointed to the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agriculture, where she planned and implemented an experimental course of nature study for the public schools. The program was approved for statewide use through the extension service of Cornell. She then wrote and spoke on behalf of the program, helped train teachers, and prepared classroom materials. Starting in 1897, she taught nature study at Cornell. Comstock was the first female professor at Cornell. However, she was denied full professorship for twenty years until 1920.
Anna B. Comstock graduated from Cornell University with the Class of 1878. She was the wife of John Henry Comstock. They married October 7, 1878. Each were pioneers in their respective fields of study.
She was known as an American artist, educator, conservationist, and a leader of the natural study movement. Comstock grew up on her parents' farm, where she and her mother spent time together examining the wildflowers, birds and trees.
Comstock attended the Chamberlain Institute and Female College, then she returned to Otto and taught for a year. In 1874, Comstock entered Cornell University, but left after two years. In 1878, at the age of 24, she married John Henry Comstock, a young entomologist on the Cornell faculty who got her interested in insect illustration.
Throughout her life, Comstock illustrated her husband's lectures and publications on insects. She had no formal training in this illustration; she would study an insect under a microscope then draw it. While her husband was chief entomologist in the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, she prepared the drawings for his 1880 Report of the Entomologist on citrus scale insects. She then re-entered Cornell and received a degree in natural history in 1885.
Comstock both wrote and illustrated several books, including The Handbook of Nature Study, published in 1911. The Handbook of Nature Study was expected to lose money, but it became a standard textbook for teachers and was later translated into eight languages, with over twenty printings.
Comstock is most famous for being one of the first to bring her students and other teachers out-of-doors to study nature. In 1895, Comstock was appointed to the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agriculture, where she planned and implemented an experimental course of nature study for the public schools. The program was approved for statewide use through the extension service of Cornell. She then wrote and spoke on behalf of the program, helped train teachers, and prepared classroom materials. Starting in 1897, she taught nature study at Cornell. Comstock was the first female professor at Cornell. However, she was denied full professorship for twenty years until 1920.
Writer, naturalist, illustrator, wood-engraver, educator. Anna Botsford Comstock was Assistant Professor of Nature Studies at Cornell University and later became the first female professor at Cornell in 1920. She was a proven leader in the field of nature study.
Anna B. Comstock graduated from Cornell University with the Class of 1878. She was the wife of John Henry Comstock. They married October 7, 1878. Each were pioneers in their respective fields of study.
She was known as an American artist, educator, conservationist, and a leader of the natural study movement. Comstock grew up on her parents' farm, where she and her mother spent time together examining the wildflowers, birds and trees.
Comstock attended the Chamberlain Institute and Female College, then she returned to Otto and taught for a year. In 1874, Comstock entered Cornell University, but left after two years. In 1878, at the age of 24, she married John Henry Comstock, a young entomologist on the Cornell faculty who got her interested in insect illustration.
Throughout her life, Comstock illustrated her husband's lectures and publications on insects. She had no formal training in this illustration; she would study an insect under a microscope then draw it. While her husband was chief entomologist in the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, she prepared the drawings for his 1880 Report of the Entomologist on citrus scale insects. She then re-entered Cornell and received a degree in natural history in 1885.
Comstock both wrote and illustrated several books, including The Handbook of Nature Study, published in 1911. The Handbook of Nature Study was expected to lose money, but it became a standard textbook for teachers and was later translated into eight languages, with over twenty printings.
Comstock is most famous for being one of the first to bring her students and other teachers out-of-doors to study nature. In 1895, Comstock was appointed to the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agriculture, where she planned and implemented an experimental course of nature study for the public schools. The program was approved for statewide use through the extension service of Cornell. She then wrote and spoke on behalf of the program, helped train teachers, and prepared classroom materials. Starting in 1897, she taught nature study at Cornell. Comstock was the first female professor at Cornell. However, she was denied full professorship for twenty years until 1920.
Anna B. Comstock graduated from Cornell University with the Class of 1878. She was the wife of John Henry Comstock. They married October 7, 1878. Each were pioneers in their respective fields of study.
She was known as an American artist, educator, conservationist, and a leader of the natural study movement. Comstock grew up on her parents' farm, where she and her mother spent time together examining the wildflowers, birds and trees.
Comstock attended the Chamberlain Institute and Female College, then she returned to Otto and taught for a year. In 1874, Comstock entered Cornell University, but left after two years. In 1878, at the age of 24, she married John Henry Comstock, a young entomologist on the Cornell faculty who got her interested in insect illustration.
Throughout her life, Comstock illustrated her husband's lectures and publications on insects. She had no formal training in this illustration; she would study an insect under a microscope then draw it. While her husband was chief entomologist in the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, she prepared the drawings for his 1880 Report of the Entomologist on citrus scale insects. She then re-entered Cornell and received a degree in natural history in 1885.
Comstock both wrote and illustrated several books, including The Handbook of Nature Study, published in 1911. The Handbook of Nature Study was expected to lose money, but it became a standard textbook for teachers and was later translated into eight languages, with over twenty printings.
Comstock is most famous for being one of the first to bring her students and other teachers out-of-doors to study nature. In 1895, Comstock was appointed to the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agriculture, where she planned and implemented an experimental course of nature study for the public schools. The program was approved for statewide use through the extension service of Cornell. She then wrote and spoke on behalf of the program, helped train teachers, and prepared classroom materials. Starting in 1897, she taught nature study at Cornell. Comstock was the first female professor at Cornell. However, she was denied full professorship for twenty years until 1920.
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