Philippa Scott Explained
| Philippa Scott |
| Birth Name: | Felicity Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Death Place: | Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Known For: | Bletchley Park
Director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust |
| Children: | 2 |
Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (Talbot-Ponsonby;[1] 22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist.
Personal life
Born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Scott 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 Reykjavík, 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)
Legacy
Scotts' wrasse, Cirrhilabrus scottorum was named after Scott and her husband for their “great contribution in nature conservation".[8]
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[9]
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[10] of heads. A bronze was unveiled at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust visitor centre on 6 December 2011.
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p7178.htm The Peerage.org
- Web site: Lady Scott . WWF . 1 July 2018.
- News: Wildlife conservation champion Philippa Scott dies . BBC News . 7 January 2010 . BBC . 7 January 2010.
- Web site: Lady Scott: conservationist and photographer. https://web.archive.org/web/20100524235323/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6991604.ece. dead. 24 May 2010. 18 January 2010. The Times. 20 February 2010.
- Web site: Philippa Scott . WildFilmHistory . 1 July 2018.
- Web site: Nature in Art - Trust. Nature in Art Trust. 23 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100509223727/http://www.nature-in-art.org.uk/trust.html. 9 May 2010. dead.
- Web site: Lady Scott 1918 - 2010 - Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) . www.wwt.org.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100114083001/http://www.wwt.org.uk/about-us/our-founder/in-memory-of-lady-scott-1918-2010/lady-scott-1918-2010 . 2010-01-14.
- Web site: Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (A-h). 16 June 2020.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/8445880.stm Quote
- Book: authors, various. Responses - Carvings and Claywork - Jon Edgar Sculpture 2003-2008. 2008. Hesworth Press. UK. 978-0-9558675-0-7.
