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Nina Leopold Bradley
Bradley in 2011
BornAugust 4, 1917
Albuquerque, New Mexico[1]
DiedMay 25, 2011(2011-05-25) (aged 93)
Baraboo, Wisconsin
OccupationConservationist
SpouseCharles C. Bradley (1971–2002)
Parent(s)Aldo Leopold, Estella Leopold

Nina Leopold Bradley (born Nina Leopold) (August 4, 1917 – May 25, 2011) was an American conservationist, researcher and writer.

Biography

Her father was the ecologist Aldo Leopold.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During WW II she worked as an assistant to Thomas Park on the Tribolium project at the University of Chicago.[2][3] She was the senior author of the 1999 article Phenological changes reflect climate change in Wisconsin,[4] which has over 700 citations.

She married the zoologist William H. Elder in 1941. Working together, they studied wildlife in Illinois[5] and Missouri. They had two daughters and did field work together in Hawaii and Africa.[6][7] Their marriage ended in divorce. In 1971 she married the geologist Charles Bradley.[6][8][9]

Death and legacy

She died May 25, 2011, aged 93.[10][11]

In 2013, Bradley was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame.[12]

References

  1. ^ Find a Grave
  2. ^ "Nina Bradley (1917–2011)". Columbia Daily Tribune. 29 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Thomas Park, 1908–1992" (PDF). Ecological Society of America.
  4. ^ Bradley, N. L.; Leopold, A. C.; Ross, J.; Huffaker, W. (1999). "Phenological changes reflect climate change in Wisconsin". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (17): 9701–9704. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96.9701B. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.17.9701. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 22273. PMID 10449757.
  5. ^ Elder, W. H.; Elder, N. L. (1949). "Role of the family in the formation of goose flocks" (PDF). Wilson Bull. 61 (3): 132–140.
  6. ^ a b Lorbiecki, Marybeth (2016-03-11). A Fierce Green Fire: Aldo Leopold's Life and Legacy. ISBN 9780190460938.
  7. ^ Elder, William H.; Elder, Nina L. (1970). "Social Groupings and Primate Associations of the Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)". Mammalia. 34 (3). doi:10.1515/mamm.1970.34.3.356. S2CID 83496723.
  8. ^ "Nina Leopold Bradley (1917 – May 25, 2011)". International Society for Environmental Ethics.
  9. ^ Thompson, M. (25 May 2011). "Daughter of Aldo Leopold dies in Baraboo at age 93". Portage Daily Register.
  10. ^ Ed Zagorski (May 25, 2011). "Conservationist Nina Leopold Bradley, 'the vision and force' behind Aldo Leopold Center, dies at 93". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  11. ^ Amy Rabideau Silvers (May 26, 2011). "Daughter of environmentalist Leopold dies". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
  12. ^ "Nina Leopold Bradley". Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame.


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