Daphne Sheldrick (1934–2018)
Autor de Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story
Sobre El Autor
Daphne Sheldrick was born Daphne Jenkins on June 4, 1934 in Kenya, which was still a British colony. She became a wildlife conservationist and was an important voice in the movement to save the declining elephant population and raise awareness about poaching. She lived at the Tsavo East National mostrar más Park in Kenya with her husband. After his death, she founded the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. She wrote several books including The Orphans of Tsavo, An Elephant Called Eleanor, and Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story. The work done by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was the focus of the British series Elephant Diaries and the documentary Born to Be Wild. In 2006, she was given the title of dame commander by Queen Elizabeth II. Sheldrick died from breast cancer on April 12, 2018 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Daphne Sheldrick
Nos amis dans la brousse 1 copia
Zurück in die Wildnis 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1934-06-04
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2018-04-12
- Género
- female
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Kenya, East Africa
- Premios y honores
- MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List (1989)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2006)
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 363
- Popularidad
- #66,173
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 23
- ISBNs
- 22
- Idiomas
- 4