Francis Harper (1886-1972)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Norment, Christopher J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2000
• Subjects: Biology; Biographies; Harper; Francis; 1886-1972; Animal collections; Plant collections; Traditional knowledge; Expeditions; Natural history; Nueltin Lake region; Manitoba/Nunavut; Athabasca; Lake; region; Alberta/Saskatchewan; Windy River region; Nunavut; Great Slave Lake region; N.W.T; Canada; Farley; Great Slave Lake; Nueltin Lake; Taltson River; Windy River; Arctic; Keewatin; Lake Athabasca; Slave Lake
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63894

. Harper became an avid and well-rounded naturalist at an early age. In 1914, he received his B.A. degree from Cornell University and was employed as a zoologist on a Geological Survey of Canada expedition to the Lake Athabasca-Great Slave Lake region. The expedition, under the leadership of Charles...