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Joy Adamson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Friederike Adamson, Joy-Friederike Victoria Adamson, Frederika Viktorie Gressnerová, Friederike von Klarwill, Joy Bally, Joy Adamsonova, Friederike Gessner, Friederike Victoria Gessner
Austrian-British naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator (1910–1980)
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Joy Adamson, born Friederike Victoria Gessner on 20 January 1910 in Opava, was a writer, naturalist, painter and environmentalist. She was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and held citizenship of the United Kingdom, Austria and Cisleithania. She spoke English and German, and was known by the nickname Joy.
She married Peter René Oscar Bally and George Adamson, and began her professional work in 1960. Her notable work is Born Free, one of 79 works catalogued under her name. She received the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art. Adamson died on 3 January 1980 at the Shaba National Reserve; her death was recorded as a homicide. Items from her collection are held at the National Museum of Natural History and Meise Botanic Garden.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 1980
- Works
- 79
Top works
- Born Free
- Elsa's Vrije Leven - De Leeuwin Die Het Mensenhart Vond
- Born Free, a Lioness of Two Worlds
- Forever free
- Pippa, the cheetah, and her cubs
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Film & TV
Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joy Adamson (20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which 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. Description above from the…
Known for
- Elsa the Lioness — Self1961
- Fcb TV Show No.1 — Women1955
- R.U.R. — Sulla, a robotess1948
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Friederike Victoria Gessner , ( 1910-01-20 ) 20 January 1910, Troppau, Austrian Silesia , Austria-Hungary (now Opava , Czech Republic)
- Died
- 3 January 1980 (1980-01-03) (aged 69), Shaba National Reserve, Kenya
- Cause of death
- Homicide
- Resting place
- Meru National Park
- Occupations
- Naturalist Artist Author
- Language
- English
- Period
- 1960–1980
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Subjects
- Animals, African culture, nature
- Years active
- 1960–1980
- Notable work
- Born Free
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victoria
- Family name
- Adamson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Cisleithania
- Place of birth
- Opava
- Place of death
- Shaba National Reserve
- Spouse
- George Adamson
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Educated at
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Born Free
- Image
- JoyAdamsonÉsElza.jpg
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- Commons category
- Joy Adamson
- date of birth
- 1910-01-20
- date of death
- 1980-01-03
- birth name
- Friederike Victoria Gessner
- manner of death
- homicide
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- nickname
- Joy
- P6944
- Joy Adamson
- name in native language
- Joy Adamson
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
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