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| '''Emma Louisa Turner''' ] (1867{{spaced ndash}} 13 August 1940) was an ] and pioneering bird photographer |
'''Emma Louisa Turner''' ] (9 June 1867{{spaced ndash}} 13 August 1940) was an English ] and pioneering bird photographer. Her 1911 photograph of a nestling ] in Norfolk was the first evidence of their return to the United Kingdom as a breeding bird after ] since the late 1800s.<ref name="ALitR">{{Cite episode |title= Emma Turner; a life in the reeds |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b019rlz0/Nature_Series_5_Emma_Turner_a_life_in_the_re |accessdate= 24 January 2012 |series= Nature |serieslink= Nature (radio programme) |credits= |network= |station= BBC Radio 4 |airdate= 24 January 2012 |seriesno= 5 |number= |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcripturl= |quote= }}</ref> | ||
| ] (''Botaurus stellaris'') by Turner, 1911]] | ] (''Botaurus stellaris'') by Turner, 1911]] | ||
| Turner was born in 1867 |
Turner was born in 1867 in ], ], Kent.<ref>Emma Louisa Turner, Lecturer In Ornithology, guest at Wick House, ], in 1911 England Census</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Who was who among English and European authors, 1931-1949|page=1867|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1tVkAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=13 July 2017|language=en|quote=TURNER, Emma Louisa, F.L.S. b: Tunbridge Wells 1867}}</ref> She was described as being "...small in stature but very wiry, quite capable with a punt or rowing boat".<ref name="NHPT">{{cite web |url=http://norfolkcoast.co.uk/pasttimes/pt_emmaturner.htm |title=Emma Turner of Hickling Broad Norfolk |work=Norfolk History and Past Times |accessdate=29 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129003751/http://norfolkcoast.co.uk/pasttimes/pt_emmaturner.htm |archivedate=29 January 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> She took up photography after meeting ] in 1900.<ref name="ALitR" /><ref name="Double" /> | ||
| For 20 years, she lived and worked for part of each year<ref name="BB34:4" /> (including some winters<ref name="Double">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbirds.co.uk/articles/a-double-century-for-bitterns|title=A double century for Bitterns|publisher=British Birds|accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>) at ] in Norfolk,<ref name="ALitR" /> chiefly on a ] of her own design, which she named ''Water Rail'' after the first photograph she took in ], of a ].<ref name="ALitR" /> She also had a hut on a small island in the south-east of Hickling Broad,<ref name="NHPT" /> which became known as Turner's Island<ref name="ALitR" /><ref name="NHPT" /> ({{Coord|52.735206|1.586171|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline}}). | For 20 years, she lived and worked for part of each year<ref name="BB34:4" /> (including some winters<ref name="Double">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishbirds.co.uk/articles/a-double-century-for-bitterns|title=A double century for Bitterns|publisher=British Birds|accessdate=29 January 2012}}</ref>) at ] in Norfolk,<ref name="ALitR" /> chiefly on a ] of her own design, which she named ''Water Rail'' after the first photograph she took in ], of a ].<ref name="ALitR" /> She also had a hut on a small island in the south-east of Hickling Broad,<ref name="NHPT" /> which became known as Turner's Island<ref name="ALitR" /><ref name="NHPT" /> ({{Coord|52.735206|1.586171|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline}}). | ||
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| Emma Louisa TurnerFLS, MBOU | |
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| Born | 9 June 1867 Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England |
| Died | 13 August 1940(1940-08-13) (aged 73) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
| Known for | Bird photography |
Emma Louisa Turner FLS (9 June 1867 – 13 August 1940) was an English ornithologist and pioneering bird photographer. Her 1911 photograph of a nestling bittern in Norfolk was the first evidence of their return to the United Kingdom as a breeding bird after local extinction since the late 1800s.
Turner was born in 1867 in Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. She was described as being "...small in stature but very wiry, quite capable with a punt or rowing boat". She took up photography after meeting Richard Kearton in 1900.
For 20 years, she lived and worked for part of each year (including some winters) at Hickling Broad in Norfolk, chiefly on a houseboat of her own design, which she named Water Rail after the first photograph she took in the Broads, of a water rail. She also had a hut on a small island in the south-east of Hickling Broad, which became known as Turner's Island (52°44′07″N 1°35′10″E / 52.735206°N 1.586171°E / 52.735206; 1.586171).
She became the first "watcher" (warden) on the National Trust's Scolt Head.
Her bittern picture resulted in her being awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Photographic Society. She was one of the first ten women fellows of the Linnaean Society and the first female honorary member of the British Ornithologists' Union. Though not a graduate, she was also an honorary member of the British Federation of University Women.
Her book, Broadland Birds, was published in 1924 and formed the basis of a radio programme about her life, Emma Turner; a life in the reeds, broadcast by the BBC in 2012, produced by Sarah Blunt and with sound recordings by Chris Watson.
She was also a keen gardener, at her homes in Girton, Cambridgeshire and Cambridge, and kept Terriers, which she trained to flush birds so that she could count them. She lost her sight two years before her death, which occurred on 13 August 1940.
Bibliography
- Turner, Emma (1907). The Home Life of Some Marsh Birds. H.F. & G. Witherby, Ltd.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Turner, Emma (1924). Broadland Birds. Country Life.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Turner, Emma (1928). Birdwatching on Scolt Head. Country Life.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Turner, Emma (1935). Every Garden a Bird Sanctuary. H.F. & G. Witherby, Ltd.
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References
- 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ "Emma Turner; a life in the reeds". Nature. 24 January 2012. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
{{cite episode}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|transcripturl=(help); Unknown parameter|serieslink=ignored (|series-link=suggested) (help); Unknown parameter|seriesno=ignored (|series-number=suggested) (help) - Emma Louisa Turner, Lecturer In Ornithology, guest at Wick House, Downton, Salisbury, in 1911 England Census
- Who was who among English and European authors, 1931-1949. p. 1867. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
TURNER, Emma Louisa, F.L.S. b: Tunbridge Wells 1867
- ^ "Emma Turner of Hickling Broad Norfolk". Norfolk History and Past Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "A double century for Bitterns". British Birds. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ B.B.R. (April 1940). "Miss E. L. Turner". British Birds. 34 (4): 85.
- ^ Women in Science – a Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ISBN 1-57607-090-5.
- ^ H-W, A. (January 1941). "Miss Emma Louise Turner". Ibis. 83 (1): 188–189. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1941.tb00609.x.
- Turner, Emma (1924). Broadland Birds. Country Life.
- "Miss E. L. Turner". The Times. London, England. 19 August 1940. p. 7.
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1940. TURNER Emma Louisa of 13 Storeys Way Cambridge spinster died 13 August 1940 Probate Llandudno 18 November to Enid Mary Fowler (wife of John Britton Fowler) and Geoffrey Cater Turner paymaster-lieutenant R.N. Effects £3031 0s. 10d."