- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFriederike Viktoria Gessner
- Nickname
- Fifi
- Joy Adamson was born on January 20, 1910 in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]. She was a writer, known for Born Free (1998), Born Free (1966) and Born Free (1974). She was married to George Adamson, Peter René Oscar Bally and Victor Isidor Ernst Ritter von Klarwill. She died on January 3, 1980 in Shaba National Reserve, Kenya.
- SpousesGeorge Adamson(January 17, 1944 - January 3, 1980) (her death)Peter René Oscar Bally(July 4, 1938 - 1943) (divorced)Victor Isidor Ernst Ritter von Klarwill(July 28, 1935 - 1937) (divorced)
- 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.
- Separated from George in 1970, but continued to spend Christmases with him.
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