Francis Harper

FRANCIS HARPER first visited the Okefinokee Swamp in 1912 as a member of a biological survey team from Cornell University and returned many times over the next four decades. He wrote a wide range of books and articles on natural history and folklore, including a naturalist's edition of The Travels of William Bartram . Harper died in 1972, before he had finished assembling his material on the Okefinokee.

FRANCIS HARPER first visited the Okefinokee Swamp in 1912 as a member of a biological survey team from Cornell University and returned many times over the next four decades. He wrote a wide range of books and articles on natural history and folklore, including a naturalist's edition of The Travels of William Bartram . Harper died in 1972, before he had finished assembling his material on the Okefinokee. See less