Search results
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;...
For the first 30 years of her life, Grace Olive Wiley was deathly afraid of snakes —a strange trait for someone who would come to be known as the most celebrated snake woman of her time. As a...
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...
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.
Today's photo is a fully restored 1927 photograph of Grace Olive Wiley (1883–1948). Grace Olive Wiley, once fearful of snakes, transformed into the celebrated "Snake Woman" due to a fateful...
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.
Grace graduated from college after studying at the University of Kansas in 1922. She is credited with the first captive propagation of Rattlesnakes in the US. She worked for the Minneapolis Public Library's museum, the Brookfield Zoo (in Chicago), and as a reptile consultant on Hollywood films.
