Philippa Scott
Philippa Scott | |
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| Born | 22 November 1918 Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Died | 5 January 2010 (aged 91) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Bletchley Park Director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Scott moved to England, and worked in the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park during World War II.[1]
In 1951, she married Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), in Reykjavík, Iceland, after an expedition to ring pink-footed geese.[2] A daughter, Dafila, was born later that year (dafila is the old scientific name for a pintail).[3] A son, Falcon, was born in 1954.[4]
Lady Scott died, aged 91, in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.[5]
Career
[edit]Scott was honorary director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, founded in 1948 by Sir Peter. She had a keen interest in nature and the environment and wrote numerous books about her travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic.[6]
Scott was also a professional wildlife photographer, president of the Nature in Art Trust,[7] scuba diver[8] and an associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
Publications
[edit]- The Art of Peter Scott (completely revised in 2008)
- Lucky Me (autobiographical)
- So Many Sunlit Hours (autobiographical)
Legacy
[edit]The fish Scotts' wrasse (Cirrhilabrus scottorum) was named after Scott and her husband for their “great contribution in nature conservation".[9]
Scott sat for a portrait head in clay by Jon Edgar at her home in Slimbridge in February 2007 as part of the sculptor's Environment Series[10] of heads. A bronze was unveiled at the WWT Slimbridge visitor centre on 6 December 2011.[citation needed]
Quotes
[edit]- "The Scott partnership put conservation on the map, at a time when conservation was not a word that most people understood." – Sir David Attenborough[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lady Scott". WWF. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Wildlife conservation champion Philippa Scott dies". BBC News. BBC. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ [1] Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Philippa Scott obituary, The Guardian, Sunday 10 January 2010
- ^ "Lady Scott: conservationist and photographer". The Times. 18 January 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ^ "Philippa Scott". WildFilmHistory. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ "Nature in Art - Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Lady Scott 1918 - 2010 - Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)". www.wwt.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010.
- ^ "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (A-h)". 16 June 2020.
- ^ Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003–2008. UK: Hesworth Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9558675-0-7.
- ^ Quote on the BBC News website
External links
[edit]- "Philippa Scott obituary" The Guardian obituary (10 January 2010).
- Stroud News obituary The Stroud News and Journal obituary (16 January 2010)
- Oral history/interviews dating from Slimbridge 2005[usurped]
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