Peggy Wayburn
Cornelia Elliott "Peggy" Wayburn (September 2, 1917 – March 21, 2002) was an American author, conservationist, and photographer.
Peggy Wayburn
- Name
- Peggy Wayburn
- Birth Name
- Cornelia Thomas Elliott
- Born
- 2 September 1917
- Birthplace
- New York City
- Died
- 21 March 2002
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- conservationist · writer · photographer
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Cornelia Elliott "Peggy" Wayburn (September 2, 1917 – March 21, 2002) was an American author, conservationist, and photographer.
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• Name — Peggy Wayburn • Birth Name — Cornelia Thomas Elliott • Born — 2 September 1917 • Birthplace — New York City • Died — 21 March 2002 • Place of death — San Francisco • Children — 3 daughters, 1 son
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She was born Cornelia Thomas Elliott on September 2, 1917, in New York City to Thomas Ketchin Elliott, Jr. and Cornelia Ligon Elliott. Elliott is a direct descendent Henry Laurens Elliott, a South Carolina banker and slaveholding member of the Planter class. She graduated from Emma Willard School. On September 23, 1939, she married John W. Haslett, changing her name to Cornelia Elliott Haslett. In 1942, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College. In 1945, she moved to San Francisco to work as a copywriter for J. Walter Thompson. In 1946, she met Edgar Arthur Wayburn. Cornelia and Edgar went hiking on Mount Tamalpais for their first date, and they married less than six months later on September 12, 1947. She died on March 21, 2002, in San Francisco after having an abdominal disease for more than three years. She was survived by three daughters, Diana Wayburn, Cynthia Wayburn, and Laurie Wayburn; one son, William Wayburn; and three grandchildren.
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- 1.Commire, Anne. Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women through the Ages. Thomson Gale. 1970. 2007. 978-0-7876-7677-3.
- 2.Regional Oral History Office. Author and Environmental Advocate: Peggy Wayburn. 1992. 227489784.
- 3.C. Elliott, Mr. Haslett To Be Wed. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 17, 1939.
- 4.Coming Events. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 17, 1939.
- 5.Alumni Council of Columbia University. Columbia Alumni News. 31.
- 6.The Notebook. San Francisco Examiner. September 28, 1947.
- 7.April 10, 2002.
- 8.Kim, Ryan. Peggy Wayburn -- author, conservationist. San Francisco Chronicle. March 28, 2002.
- 9.Thursby, Keith. Edgar Wayburn dies at 103; longtime Sierra Club president helped double U.S. parkland. Los Angeles Times. March 8, 2010.
- 10.Gale Research Company. Contemporary Authors. 48. 620. 1974. 0-8103-0020-6.
- 11.Hymon, Steve. Peggy Wayburn, 84; Author and Conservationist. Los Angeles Times. March 30, 2002.
- 12.Obituaries in the News. San Francisco Chronicle. Associated Press. March 28, 2002.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Wayburn, Peggy. Edge of life; the world of the estuary. Sierra Club Books. 1972. 0-87156-057-7.
- Miller, Mike. Alaska, the Great Land. Sierra Club Books. 1974. 0-87156-110-7.
- Wayburn, Peggy. The Redwoods: Jobs and Environment. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. 20. 3. 34–39. 1978. 10.1080/00139157.1978.9933060.
- Wayburn, Peggy. Adventuring in Alaska. Sierra Club Books. 1982. 0-87156-299-5.
- Wayburn, Peggy. Legal Hassles over the West's Natural Heritage. Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment. 12. 5. 274. 1983. 4312939.
- Wayburn, Peggy. Alaska: the Great Experiment. Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment. 13. 4. 248–252. 1984. 4313035.
- Wayburn, Peggy. Adventuring in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sierra Club Books. 1987. 0-87156-711-3.
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