Felicity Philippa, Lady Scott (22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British wildlife conservationist.

Personal life

Born in

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, South Africa, Scott moved to England, and worked in the

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during

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. In 1951, she married

Peter Scott Sir Peter Markham Scott (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservation movement, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and Sportsperson, sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Fal ...

, naturalist and founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT), in

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, after an expedition to ring pink-footed geese. A daughter, Dafila, was born later that year (''dafila'' is the old

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for a pintail). A son, Falcon, was born in 1954. Lady Scott died, aged 91, in

Slimbridge Slimbridge is a village and civil parish near Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. It is best known as the home of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Slimbridge Reserve which was started by Sir Peter Scott. Canal and Patch Bridge The Glou ...

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Career

Scott was honorary director of the

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, 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. Scott was also a professional wildlife photographer, president of the

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Trust, scuba diver and an associate of the

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Publications

* ''The Art of Peter Scott'' (completely revised in 2008) * ''Lucky Me'' (autobiographical) * ''So Many Sunlit Hours'' (autobiographical)

Legacy

The fish Scotts' wrasse (''Cirrhilabrus scottorum'') was named after Scott and her husband for their “great contribution in nature conservation". Scott sat for a portrait head in clay by

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at her home in Slimbridge in February 2007 as part of the sculptor's

Environment Series The Environment Series Heads developed from the Environment Triptych portrait sculptures by Jon Edgar in 2006. His ongoing series of terracotta clay portraits celebrates those contributing to a sustainable future on Earth. The sculptor observes the ...

of heads. A bronze was unveiled at the WWT Slimbridge visitor centre on 6 December 2011.

Quotes

* "The Scott partnership put conservation on the map, at a time when conservation was not a word that most people understood." –

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Quote
on the

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website

References

External links

"Philippa Scott obituary"
''The Guardian'' obituary (10 January 2010).
Stroud News obituary
''The Stroud News and Journal'' obituary (16 January 2010) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Philippa 1918 births 2010 deaths British conservationists English women photographers British writers People from Bloemfontein People from Stroud District

Philippa Philippa is a feminine given name meaning "lover of horses" or "horses' friend", from the Greek Philippos, which is derived from ''philein'', meaning to love and ''hippos'', meaning ''horse''. The English masculine form is Philip, which was form ...

South African emigrants to the United Kingdom Wives of knights Bletchley Park women