Pérrine Moncrieff
Pérrine Moncrieff , CBE , (* 8. February 1893 in London as Pérrine Millais ; † 16th December 1979 in Wakapuaka , New Zealand ) was a British -neuseeländische author , conservationist and amateur ornithologist .
Life
Pérrine Moncrieff was the daughter of Everett and Mary St Lawrence Millais, née Hope-Vere. In 1914 she married Malcolm Matthew Moncrieff, a veteran of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). This marriage resulted in two sons, one of whom died in 1925. After the war ended, they left Great Britain with the aim of settling in Canada , but decided to visit New Zealand on the way because Pérrine Moncrieff had a relative with a sheep station in Timaru on the South Island . A sudden economic crisis that struck New Zealand put their finances at risk and resulted in them becoming New Zealand citizens from 1921. They chose Nelson as their residence in the northwest of the South Island.
In 1923 she was one of the founding members of the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society (now the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand ) and she became a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union (now Birdlife Australia ), where she was its first president from 1932 to 1933 was chosen. In 1925 she brought out New Zealand Birds and How to Identify Them . The book was a success, with six editions published from 1923 to 1961. She has contributed to the specialist journal Emu and articles in various newspapers, including the Nelson Evening Mail . In 1928 she founded the Nelson Bush and Bird Society and she has been active in numerous campaigns to protect native bush and bird species.
Both Moncrieff and her husband bought land and jointly presented it to the government as a public reserve. In 1942 she was actively involved in the establishment of the Abel Tasman National Park in Nelson Province, and in 1974 the Dutch government awarded her the Order of Orange-Nassau for her efforts . In her book People Came Later , published in 1965, she describes, among other things, the background to the creation of the park.
Moncrieff was president of the Nelson Institute and the Nelson Philosophical Society, initiated the girl scout movement in Nelson, became a justice of the peace and volunteer park ranger for the Department of Internal Affairs .
In 1953 Moncrieff was awarded the Loder Cup for nature conservation. At the Birthday Honors of Queen Elizabeth II in 1975 she was named Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her "services to nature conservation as a scientist and for the Abel Tasman National Park". In 1976 she published the historical novel The Rise and Fall of David Riccio .
literature
- HL Secker: Perrine Millais Moncrieff. Emu - Austral Ornithology, 80 (3), 1980, p. 171 doi : 10.1071 / mu9800171
- Robin Hodge : Moncrieff, Pérrine . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography 1921-1940 . Volume IV . Bridget Williams Books , Wellington 1998 (English, online [accessed December 24, 2019] Update: October 2001).
- Anne Commire (Ed.): Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women through the Ages , Yorkin Publications, Waterford, CT., 2007, ISBN 0-7876-7585-7 , p. 1345
Web links
- Encyclopedia of Australian Science: Biographical entry Moncrieff, Perrine Millais (1893–1979) , accessed December 21, 2019
- Literature by and about Pérrine Moncrieff in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moncrieff, Pérrine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Millais, Pérrine (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-New Zealand author, conservationist and amateur ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1979 |
| Place of death | Wakapuaka , New Zealand |