Theodora stanwell fletcher biography of rory gilmore

American naturalist and author

Theodora Stanwell-Fletcher (born Theodora Morris Cope, January 4, , died Theodora Gray, January 15, ^[1]) was an American naturalist and writer.

She is best known for her book Driftwood Valley () which won the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished writing in natural history in She was recognized as a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania^[2] and elected to the Society of Woman Geographers.^[3]

Early life and education

Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Francis R.

Cope, Jr. and Evelyn Flower Morris, she lived much of her youth near rural Dimock, Pennsylvania, at the family home named Woodbourne. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in with a BA in Economic Geography and English Literature.^[4] After she completed her bachelor's degrees, she and her father traveled around the world for a year visiting the South Pacific, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and the Dutch