Azaria Alon
Azaria Alon (15 November 1918 – 19 January 2014) was an Israel Prize-winning environmentalist, and a co-founder of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva). • Illustration — Alon 1969
Azaria Alon
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- Name
- Azaria Alon
- Born
- 15 November 1918
- Birthplace
- Ukraine
- Died
- 19 January 2014 (aged 95)
- Place of death
- Beit HaShita, Israel
- Occupation
- Conservationist, Environmentalist
- Spouse
- Reut Alon
- Nationality
- Israel
- Education
- Hebrew Reali School
- Honours
- Israel Prize
- Languages
- Hebrew
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• Name — Azaria Alon • Native Name — עזריה אלון • Born — 15 November 1918 • Birthplace — Ukraine • Died — 19 January 2014 (aged 95) • Place of death — Beit HaShita, Israel • Occupation — Conservationist, Environmentalist • Spouse — Reut Alon • Children — 4
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Azaria Alon appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a photographer and environmentalist (15 November 1918 – 19 January 2014). Azaria Alon was born in Volodarsʹk-Volinsʹkij, Ukraine (15 November 1918) and died in Kibbutz Beit-Hashitta, Israel (19 January 2014).
Biography
Biography
Azaria Alon was born in Ukraine. His family immigrated to Palestine in 1925, settling on Kfar Yehezkel, a moshav in the Jezreel Valley. They moved to Kiryat Haim in 1932, the year in which he graduated from the Hebrew Reali School. Alon returned to the Jezreel Valley at the age of 20 to live on Kibbutz Beit HaShita. In 1952, he married Reut, with whom he had four children.
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1918
Azaria Alon born at Khoroshiv.
2014
Azaria Alon died at Israel.
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Beit HaShita
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Khoroshiv.
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• Israel National Parks & Nature Reserves: a Carta Guide, (2014), Carta,
Azaria Alon.
Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) photographer · Photographer: Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) / Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel / CC BY 4.0 · This image is available from National Library of Israel under the digital ID: 990044413700205171 (004441370)
Azaria Alon.
Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) photographer · Photographer: Israel Press and Photo Agency (I.P.P.A.) / Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel / CC BY 4.0 · This image is available from National Library of Israel under the digital ID: 990044413730205171 (004441373)
Awards and recognition
Alon received an Israel Prize for lifetime achievement in 2012. He had previously been nominated for the Israel Prize when the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel won it in 1980. Alon also entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the anchor of the oldest radio program.
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- 1.The fight to preserve Israel's environment has just begun, Haaretz
- 2.Azaria Alon, father of Israeli environmentalism, dies at 95. The Jerusalem Post. 19 January 2014.
- 3.Leading rabbi, environmental pioneer to receive Israel Prize. haaretz.com. 8 March 2012.
- 4.Frenkel, Billie. Environmentalist Azaria Alon awarded Israel Prize. ynetnews.com. 9 March 2012.
- 5.Udasin, Sharon. Azaria Alon, father of Israeli environmentalism, dies at 95. The Jerusalem Post. 2014-01-19. 0792-822X.
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