Henry Chandler Cowles

Henry Chandler Cowles was an American botanist and ecological pioneer . A professor at the University of Chicago, he studied ecological succession in the Indiana Dunes of Northwest Indiana. This led to efforts to preserve the Indiana Dunes. One of Cowles students, O. D. Frank continued his research.

Cowles married Elizabeth Waller in 1900, and their daughter Harriet was born in 1912.

Source: Wikipedia