Cornelia Elliott "Peggy" Wayburn (September 2, 1917 – March 21, 2002) was an American author, conservationist, and photographer.

Personal life

She was born Cornelia Thomas Elliott on September 2, 1917, in

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to Thomas Ketchin Elliott, Jr. and Cornelia Ligon Elliott. She graduated from

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. On September 23, 1939, she married John W. Haslett, changing her name to Cornelia Elliott Haslett. In 1942, she graduated

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from

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. In 1945, she moved to

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to work as a copywriter for J. Walter Thompson. In 1946, she met Edgar Arthur Wayburn. Cornelia and Edgar went hiking on

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for their first date, and they married less than six months later on September 12, 1947. She died on March 21, 2002, in San Francisco after having an abdominal disease for more than three years. She was survived by three daughters, Diana Wayburn, Cynthia Wayburn, and Laurie Wayburn; one son, William Wayburn; and three grandchildren.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wayburn, Peggy 1917 births 2002 deaths American conservationists Emma Willard School alumni