Angela Kay Kepler (born 1943) is a New Zealand-born

naturalist Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...

and author. She is a graduate of the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury (UC; ; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbur ...

, New Zealand and has a master's degree from the

University of Hawaiʻi The University of Hawaiʻi System is a public college and university system in Hawaii. The system confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven community colleges, an employment training center, ...

and a doctorate from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

, New York in 1972. She also undertook a one-year post doctoral position at

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

. She has conducted research in Hawaii, Alaska, Russia and the Caribbean. Two

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

species have been named for her: the elfin-woods warbler ''(Setophaga angelae)'', a

Puerto Rica Puerto, a Spanish word meaning ''seaport'', may refer to: Places *El Puerto de Santa María, Andalusia, Spain *Puerto, a seaport town in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines *Puerto Colombia, Colombia *Puerto Cumarebo, Venezuela *Puerto Galera, Oriental Mi ...

n endemic; and the extinct Hawaiian

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'' Porzana keplerorum''. She has a farm on Maui and grows some 32 different banana varieties.

Bibliography

Publications by Angela Kepler *The World of Bananas in Hawaii: Then and Now - 2012 *West Maui: A Natural History Guide - 2007 *Haleakala: From Summit to Sea - 2005 *A Pocket Guide To Maui's Hana Highway: A Visitor's Guide - May 2004 *Exotic Tropicals of Hawaii: Heliconias, Gingers, Anthuriums, and Decorative Foliage - 1999 *Hawaiian Heritage Plants - 1998 *Maui's Floral Splendor - 1995 *Haleakala: A Guide to the Mountain - 1992 *Majestic Molokai: A Nature Lover's Guide - 1992 *Sunny South Maui: A Guide to Kihwailea & Makena Including Kahoolawe - 1992 *Trees of Hawaiʻi - 1991 *Proteas in Hawaii - 1988

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kepler, Angela 1943 births Living people Cornell University alumni University of Canterbury alumni University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni New Zealand naturalists New Zealand non-fiction writers New Zealand women writers