Anna Botsford Comstock was a pioneering American nature educator. She was born in 1854 and attended Cornell University where she studied languages and literature. She left Cornell when she married John Comstock in 1878. She prepared drawings to assist her husband's work as an entomologist. She later returned to Cornell and received her bachelor's degree in natural history. Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, she authored numerous books on nature education and teaching methods. She taught nature study at Cornell and was a leader in developing curriculum for nature education. Comstock dedicated her life to teaching others about the natural world and was recognized as the mother of nature education.

1. Dear Nature, I know naught of the wondrous life of these, your smallest creatures. Teach me!