# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/anna-botsford-comstock
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:08.769Z

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name: "Anna Botsford Comstock"
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description: "Anna Botsford Comstock was an author, illustrator, and educator of natural studies. The first female professor at Cornell University, her over 900-page work, The Handbook of Nature Study (1911), is now in its 24th edition. Comstock was an American artist and wood engraver known for illustrating entomological text books with her husband, John Henry Comstock including their first joint effort, The Manual for the Study of Insects (1885). Comstock worked with Liberty Hyde Bailey, John Walton Spencer, Alice McCloskey, Julia Rogers, and Ada Georgia as part of the department of Nature Study at Cornell University. Together they wrote nature study curricula to develop a curiosity for, and education about, the surrounding natural world. Comstock also was a proponent for conservationism by instilling a love and appreciation of the natural world around people."
tagline: "American academic, artist, educator, conservationist (1854–1930)"
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birthDate: "1854-09-01"
deathDate: "1930-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
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