Heather Angel
Heather Hazel Angel MSc (née Le Rougetel, born 1941) is a British nature photographer, author and television presenter. She is also the owner and manager of a photographic agency which sells her pictures for use in print and on-line.
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Heather Angel
- Name
- Heather Angel
- Birth Name
- Heather Hazel Le Rougetel
- Born
- 1941
- Known for
- Nature photography
- Education
- Bristol University
- Awards
- Honorary Doctorate of Science 1998 Louis Schmidt Laureate
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- photographer.
- Languages
- English.
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Heather Hazel Angel MSc (née Le Rougetel, born 1941) is a British nature photographer, author and television presenter. She is also the owner and manager of a photographic agency which sells her pictures for use in print and on-line.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Heather Angel • Birth Name — Heather Hazel Le Rougetel • Born — 1941 • Known for — Nature photography • Education — Bristol University • Awards — Honorary Doctorate of Science 1998 Louis Schmidt Laureate • Website — https: heatherangelphotography.co.uk/
Biography
Biography
Her father was an RAF officer. Her mother is the garden-history author Hazel le Rougetel. She attended 14 schools in England and New Zealand, and then graduated in zoology from Bristol University, and, in 1964, married Martin Angel. She obtained her MSc in 1965. and developed a career as a nature photographer and author. In 1982/1983 she presented the Yorkshire Television produced, Channel 4-screened television series "Making the Most of…", which encouraged people to enjoy the British countryside. She wrote Heather Angel's Countryside to accompany the series. She was commissioned to photograph Charles, Prince of Wales and was a guest of the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, both in 1985. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Bath (1986), and has been Visiting Professor in the Department of Life Science at the University of Nottingham (since 1994). She was President of the Royal Photographic Society from 1984 to 1986, and was the founder Chair of their Nature Group. The BioCommunications Association of USA made her their 1998 Louis Schmidt Laureate. She is a Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography and of the Royal Photographic Society; and a vice-president of the Nature in Art Trust Her exhibition Natural Visions toured the UK from 2000 to 2004 and was also on show in Kuala Lumpur, Cairo and Beijing.
Papers
Papers
• 'Distribution pattern analysis in a marine benthic community. Helgolander wiss. Meeresuntes, 15, pp 445–454 (written with Martin Angel, based on her MSc thesis)
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
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Works and production
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Heath after W.M. Craig after L. And his Disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lords, save us; we perish. Portraits of pioneers in psychology. Volume V / edited by Gregory A. Institutional cataloguing adds that the psychology of facial expression / edited by James A.
Books
• Nature Photography: Its art and Techniques Fountain Press (1972), • Seashore life on Sandy Beaches: A fully illustrated introduction to some of their animal and plant inhabitants. Text and photographs by Heather Angel, Jarrold and Sons, (1975), • Monsters of the deep: sharks, giant squid, whales and dolphins, (Longmeadow Press), (1976), • Life in the oceans: the spectacular world of whales, dolphins, giant squids, sharks and other unusual sea creatures, (London), (1976), • British wild orchids, Jarrold and Sons, (1977), • The water naturalist, New York, (1982), • Heather Angel's Countryside Michael Joseph, (1983). • The book of close-up photography: text and photographs,Knopf, (1983), • A camera in the garden, Quiller, (1984), • Landscape photography, Oxford Illustrated Press, (1989), • A world of plants: treasures from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, (Little, Brown), (1993), • Photographing the natural world, New York, (1994), • Pandas, Voyageur Press, (1998), • How to photograph flowers, (Mechanicsburg, PA), (1998), • How to Photograph Water, (Mechanicsburg, PA), (1999), • Exploring Natural China, Evans Mitchell Books (2010) • Pollination Power, University of Chicago Press (2016)
Illustration
Additionally, her pictures are all or a significant proportion of those in: • The Natural History of Britain and Ireland Michael Joseph, (1981).
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Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q5693717: Heather AngelWikimedia Foundation
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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