Annie Chambers Ketchum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Annie Chambers Ketchum

American educator, lecturer, writer, Capitular Tertiary of St. Dominic.

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1824

Place of Birth: Georgetown, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1904

Profession: naturalist, writer, teacher, conferencier, botanist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Annie Chambers Ketchum (religious name, Sister Amabilis; November 8, 1824 - November 27, 1904) was an American educator, lecturer, and writer.
She was a member of the New York Academy of Sciences and a Capitular Tertiary of St.
Dominic.
Chambers served as principal of the High School for Girls in Memphis, Tennessee, and opened a normal school for advanced pupils in Georgetown, Kentucky, and in Memphis, Tennessee, she established a girls school.
Ketchum was the founding editor of The Lotus, a monthly magazine, and she published the textbook, Botany for academies and colleges: consisting of plant development and structure from seaweed to clematis. Noted for her poetic talent, her "Semper Fidelis," published in Harper's Magazine, was said to be one of the most finished productions of American literature in its day.