Adamson, Joy

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אדמסון, ג'וי
Name (Latin)
Adamson, Joy
Other forms of name
Adamson, G'oi
Gessner, Friederike Victoria
Date of death
1980-01-03
Field of activity
Nature conservation
Occupation
Authors
Naturalists
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 19758839
Wikidata: Q93645
Library of congress: n 80063044
Sources of Information
  • Her Born free, 1960.
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(d. 1/3/80)
  • La-ḥofesh yulad, c1964:t.p. (G'oi Adamson) t.p. verso (Joy Adamson [in rom.])
  • OCLC, July 16, 2019(access points: Adamson, Joy, Adamson, Joy, 1910-1980, Adamson, Joy (Joy-Friederike Victoria), 1910-1980; usage: Joy Adamson)
  • Wikipedia, July 16, 2019(Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson, was a naturalist, artist and author. Née Gessner, January 20, 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary; died on January 3, 1980 in Shaba National Reserve, Kenya)
  • LCN note: d. 1980
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Wikipedia description:

Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a Czech-born Austrian-Kenyan naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages and made into an Academy Award–winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.

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