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Mary Colman Wheeler (May 15, 1846 – March 10, 1920) was the founder and first head of the Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island.

Early Life and education
She was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on May 15, 1846. She graduated from Concord High School in 1864 and Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1866.

Career
In 1866, she started teaching mathematics and Latin at Concord High School and moved to Providence in 1868 to teach mathematics at a Miss Shaw's, a finishing school. In the 1870s, she traveled to Germany, Italy and France to study art, while staying in Concord and teaching intermittently in Providence. She returned to Providence in 1882 to teach painting to women. In 1889, she founded the Wheeler School.

In 1887, Wheeler started a practice of taking groups of students to France during the summer to learn the French language and study painting and art history. She and the young women who accompanied her leased a property next to Claude Monet in Giverny, and became dinner companions of the Monet family.

Death
Wheeler died on March 10, 1920 after falling on an icy street. She is buried at Author's Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord.