Joy Adamson
(1910-1980)
Austrian-British naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator
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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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| Died |
3 January 1980 (aged 69) Shaba National Reserve, Kenya, Africa
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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