Charles Keeler

Background

Keeler, Charles was born on October 7, 1871 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James and Harriet Newell (Green) Keeler.

Education

Education public and private schools, Milwaukee and New York, and Berkeley (California) High School. Special course University of California.

Career

Voyage around Cape Horn, February-June 1893, with Harriman expedition to Alaska, 1899. Voyage to South Seas—Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, Hawaiian Islands—1900-1901. Formerly director museum of California Academy Sciences.

Achievements

• Charles Keeler has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Philosophical Union, Berkeley, California Founder of the Cosmic Society, 1925, and managing director of same.

Connections

Married Louise Mapes.Bunnell, October 14, 1893 (died 1907). Married second, Ormeida Curtis Harrison, June 26, 1921. Children: Merodine, Leonarde, Eloise Keeler.