Jonathan Scott

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Jonathan Scott, 2009

Jonathan Scott (* 1949 in London ) is a British zoologist and nature photographer specializing in African wildlife.

Career

He spent most of his life in the Masai Mara in southwestern Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania . Scott's work focused primarily on studying the way of life of big cats. He worked closely with Wild Things (Paramount Productions) and the David Sheldrick Wildlife . The Elephant Diaries series was developed in cooperation with the latter . In the Masai Mara he lived with the Maasai and got to know their customs and rituals. He has narrated episodes from The Realm of the Wild and is co-host of the BBC's Big Cat Diary . There he follows and documents the lives of several large big cats. He receives support from Simon King and Saba Douglas-Hamilton . He wrote letters and pictures for the book "The Leopard's Tale".

He was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1987 and received the Cherry Kearton Medal from the Royal Geographical Society in 1994. In 1996 he received the African Travel and Tourism Association Awards. His wife Angie was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 2002.

He and Angie have a son and a daughter. In 2011, he and his wife joined the SanDisk Extreme team.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mentioned in the article: "The Earth from Above - Part 1: Species Diversity - Earth and Resources." ( Memento of the original of April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: DVDmaniacs.de of December 27, 2008. Accessed April 2, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dvdmaniacs.de
  2. ↑ “Diary of the elephants. ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. “Review on DVDmaniacs.de from November 3, 2009. Accessed April 2, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dvdmaniacs.de
  3. ↑ Jonathan Scott on BBC ( Memento from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) BBC Germany.
  4. ↑ FFPS news . In: Oryx . 22, No. 01, 1988, ISSN  0030-6053 , pp. 64-68. doi : 10.1017 / S0030605300027496 .
personal data
SURNAME Scott, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British zoologist and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH London