Caroline Mays Brevard
Caroline Mays Brevard was an educator, historian and author in Brevard County, Florida. She was a history professor at Florida State College for Women She was added to the List of Great Floridians in 2012. She was a member of the Florida Historical Society and the group maintains a Caroline Mays Brevard Award in her honor.
Brevard was born at her aunt's residence at The Grove in Tallahassee on August 29, 1860. She was the daughter of Theodore Washington Brevard, Jr. and Mary Laura Call and the granddaughter of Florida Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call.
Brevard graduated from Columbia University and then returned home to Tallahassee, Florida where she taught at a Leon High School. She published The History of Florida in 1904, a well regarded account of Florida's history. In 1915 she began teaching at the Florida State College for Women.
A large elementary school was built in 1924 and named in to honor her. It is now part of the Bloxham Building.
