Phillippa Scott, Lady Scott (born Felicity Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby; 22 November 1918 – 5 January 2010) was a British

United Kingdom

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 champion of wildlife conservation and the widow of Sir Peter Scott.

Born in Bloemfontein

Bloemfontein

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, South Africa

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, she married Scott in 1951. She was Honorary Director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust is a wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II.It was founded in 1946 by the ornithologist and artist Sir Peter Scott, initially as the Severn Wildfowl Trust...

, founded in 1948 by Sir Peter. Philippa Scott was also a professional wildlife photographer, President of the Nature in Art

Nature in Art

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 Trust, scuba diver and an associate of the Royal Photographic Society

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Scott died, aged 91, in Slimbridge

Slimbridge

Slimbridge is a village 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. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal runs through the village, and under Patch Bridge which must be crossed to ...

, Gloucestershire

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Publications

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

Quotes

• "The Scott partnership put conservation on the map, at a time when conservation was not a word that most people understood." - Sir David Attenborough 

Portrait of Philippa Scott

Scott agreed to sit for Jon Edgar

Jon Edgar

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 at her home in Slimbridge

Slimbridge

Slimbridge is a village 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. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal runs through the village, and under Patch Bridge which must be crossed to ...

 in February 2007 as part of the sculptor's environmental series of heads. The terracotta is currently displayed at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust is a wildfowl and wetland conservation charity in the United Kingdom. Its patron is Queen Elizabeth II.It was founded in 1946 by the ornithologist and artist Sir Peter Scott, initially as the Severn Wildfowl Trust...

visitor centre.

External links

• "Philippa Scott obituary" The Guardian obituary (10 January 2010).
• Stroud News obituary The Stroud News and Journal obituary (16 January 2010)
• Oral history/interviews dating from Slimbridge 2005