Rose Schuster Taylor | |
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Born | |
Died | January 25, 1951
Berkeley, California, United States | (aged 88)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Mrs. H. J. Taylor |
Education | University of Wisconsin |
Occupation(s) | writer and naturalist |
Known for | one of the founders of the Yosemite Museum |
Notable work | The Last Survivor, Yosemite Indians and Other Sketches |
Spouse |
James Taylor
(
m. 1887; died 1902) |
Children | 4, incl Paul Schuster Taylor (economist) |
Parents |
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Rose Schuster Taylor (who wrote as Mrs. H. J. Taylor; January 5, 1863 – January 25, 1951) was a Wisconsin-born writer, naturalist and librarian, based in California.
Rose Eugenia Schuster was born in Middleton, Wisconsin, one of twelve children of Peter Schuster and Barbara Hallauer Schuster. [1] Both of her parents were immigrants; her father was born in Bavaria and her mother was born in Switzerland. She spoke German at home in her childhood. [2] She graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1885, with a bachelor's degree in history. [3]
Rose Schuster Taylor taught school as a young woman, and was a librarian in Sioux City, Iowa during her marriage. [4] She moved to California, [5] and was one of the founders of the Yosemite Museum and served as the museum's librarian for many years. [6] She worked with students in the Yosemite Field School of Natural History. [7] In 1929, she was a member of the First Park Naturalists' Training Conference. [8]
She wrote several books, including The Last Survivor (1932), a brief text about Maria Lebrado, a Yosemite Indian ( Ahwahnechee) woman, [9] [10] and Yosemite Indians and Other Sketches (1936). [11] Her shorter essays and reports, many on ornithology, botany, or Yosemite history, appeared in various journals and magazines. [12]
Rose Schuster married Henry James Taylor, an educator and lawyer, in 1887. [13] They had four children; their son, Paul Schuster Taylor became a noted economist. She was widowed when Henry died in 1902, in New Zealand. She died in 1951, aged 88 years, at her home in Berkeley, California. [7] Some of her papers are archived with her son Paul's, at the Bancroft Library. [14]
The Hawaii Audubon Society has an annual scholarship named for Rose Schuster Taylor. [15]