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Born September 14, 1909 • London • England
Died August 29, 1989 (aged 79) • Bristol • England
Founder The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Notable Family Members father Robert Falcon Scott

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Self-portrait by John Constable
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Graham Sutherland
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Greta Bridge, watercolour by John Sell Cotman, c. 1805; in the British Museum.
John Sell Cotman
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Lowry, L.S.
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