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Philippa Scott

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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, where she worked for the Women's Land Army during World War II and then the Foreign Office in Belgrade. She married Sir Peter Scott, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in 1951. She died, aged 91, in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire.[2]

Career

Philippa Scott was Honorary Director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, founded in 1948 by Sir Peter. She wrote numerous books about her travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

Scott was also professional wildlife photographer, President of the Nature in Art Trust,[3] scuba diver [4] 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[5]

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[6] 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: conservationist and photographer". The Times. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Nature in Art - Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  4. ^ http://www.wwt.org.uk/about-us/our-founder/in-memory-of-lady-scott-1918-2010/lady-scott-1918-2010
  5. ^ Quote on the BBC News website
  6. ^ 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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