Joy Adamson(1910-1980)

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Joy Adamson was born on 20 January 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Born Free (1998), Born Free (1966) and Living Free (1972). She was previously married to George Adamson, Peter René Oscar Bally and Victor Isidor Ernst Ritter von Klarwill. She died on 3 January 1980 in Shaba National Reserve, Kenya.

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Joy Adamson and Susan Hampshire in Born Free (1966)

Joy Adamson and Susan Hampshire at an event for Born Free (1966)

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Born Free

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TV Series

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Born Free

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Writer

1966

Living Free

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Writer

1972

Born Free

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Writer

Born Free
- based on characters created by
- TV Series
- 1998
Born Free: A New Adventure
- characters from the book "Born Free"
- TV Movie
- 1996
Born Free
- book
- TV Series
- 1974
Living Free
- book
- 1972
Born Free
- book
- 1966

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Born
- January 20, 1910
- Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]
Died
- January 3, 1980
- Shaba National Reserve, Kenya(stabbed)
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Painter of wildlife, flora and African native populations.
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British naturalist and writer, born in Austria. She lived in Kenya from 1937, studying and painting wildlife, native tribesmen and plants. Famously, she was the author of "Born Free" (1960) and its sequels "Elsa" (1961), "Forever Free" (1962) and "Elsa and her Cubs" (1965). A tireless campaigner for wildlife conservation, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art in 1977. Three years later, she was murdered by a discharged former employee.