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Phillippa Scott, Lady Scott (born Felicity Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby;[1] 22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British champion of wildlife conservation.

Personal life

Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Philippa later moved to England, and worked in the code school at Bletchley Park during World War II.[2] She married Sir Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1951 after an expedition to ring pink-footed geese.[3] She died, aged 91, in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.[4]

Career

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.[5]

Scott was also professional wildlife photographer, President of the Nature in Art Trust,[6] scuba diver [7] and an associate of the Royal Photographic Society.

Publications

  • The Art of Peter Scott (completely revised in 2008)
  • Lucky Me (autobiographical)
  • So Many Sunlit Hours (autobiographical)

Quotes

  • "The Scott partnership put conservation on the map, at a time when conservation was not a word that most people understood." - Sir David Attenborough[8]

Portrait of Philippa Scott

Scott agreed to sit for a portrait head in clay by Jon Edgar at her home in Slimbridge in February 2007 as part of the sculptor's environmental series[9] of heads. A bronze was unveiled at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust visitor centre on 6 December 2011.

References

  1. ^ The Peerage.org
  2. ^ "Lady Scott". WWF. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Wildlife conservation champion Philippa Scott dies". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Lady Scott: conservationist and photographer". The Times. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Philippa Scott". WildFilmHistory. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Nature in Art - Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  7. ^ http://www.wwt.org.uk/about-us/our-founder/in-memory-of-lady-scott-1918-2010/lady-scott-1918-2010
  8. ^ Quote on the BBC News website
  9. ^ authors, various (2008). Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008. UK: Hesworth Press. ISBN 978-0-9558675-0-7.
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