Nina Leopold Bradley

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

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

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. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.17.9701. ISSN 0027-8424.
  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. 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.
  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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