Bowles, Jane Margaret

Jane Margaret Bowles (1952-2013) was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, where she developed a passion for nature and the habit of sketching plants and animals. She spent her youth in Oxfordshire, England, where she became an avid bell ringer and continued her exploration of poetry, humor, and cartoons.

After completing her undergraduate studies in biology at Scotland's University of Aberdeen, she pursued a doctorate in plant ecology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, where she settled permanently. She quietly created "The Antics of Ant" during the 1970s, and it isn't clear whethe...