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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Friederike Victoria Gessner 20 January 1910 Opava, Czech Republic
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3 January 1980 (aged 69) Shaba National Reserve, Kenya, Africa
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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