Nina Leopold Bradley | |
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![]() Bradley in 2011 | |
Born | August 4, 1917 |
Died | May 25, 2011 | (aged 93)
Occupation | Conservationist |
Spouse | Charles 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.
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]
She died May 25, 2011, aged 93. [10] [11]
In 2013, Bradley was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. [12]
Nina Leopold Bradley | |
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![]() Bradley in 2011 | |
Born | August 4, 1917 |
Died | May 25, 2011 | (aged 93)
Occupation | Conservationist |
Spouse | Charles 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.
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]
She died May 25, 2011, aged 93. [10] [11]
In 2013, Bradley was posthumously inducted into the Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. [12]