Adamson, Joy

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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אדמסון, ג'וי
Name (Latin)
Adamson, Joy
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
  • LCN note: d. 1980
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Wikipedia description:

Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a 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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