Joy Adamson

Austrian-british naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator (1910–1980).

Born January 20th, 1910 in Opava. [ref]

Died January 3rd, 1980 at 69 years old in Shaba National Reserve. [ref]

Occupations
autobiographer, botanical collector, botanical illustrator, cartoonist, draftsperson, ecologist, environmentalist, naturalist, painter, prose writer, scientific illustrator, writer
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Anything I’ve done that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death. Betty Bender