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29 kwi 2019 · Grace Olive Wiley with reptiles / Hennepin County Library, used with permission. For the first 30 years of her life, Grace Olive Wiley was deathly afraid of snakes —a strange trait for...
Grace Olive Wiley (February 18, 1883 – July 20, 1948) was an American herpetologist best known for her work with venomous snakes. She died of a snakebite she received while posing for a photographer at the age of 65.
23 gru 2022 · Grace Olive Wiley was already a nationally known herpetologist—a world-class snake expert who had twice been fired from jobs as curator of snakes and other reptiles perhaps because of her cavalier attitude toward snakes in general and poisonous snakes in particular.
But Grace Wiley had never been afraid, she handled her reptiles patiently and lovingly, filled one room of her Cypress, Calif, home with over a hundred of them: King and Queen, the cobras;...
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These are the last photos taken of Grace Wiley, by the freelance photographer Daniel P. Mannix on July 20, 1948 at her small reptile zoo in Long Beach...
After her departure from Brookfield zoo, Grace travelled the eastern states of America, showcasing her live reptiles and her motion pictures (Dickinson, 1948). In addition to her lecture tour, Grace rented the use of her king cobras to the film industry.
