Emma Louisa Turner (9 June 1867 – 13 August 1940) was an English ornithologist and pioneering bird photographer. Due to family responsibilities, she did not take up photography until 1900. By 1904 she was giving talks illustrated with her own photographic slides and by 1908 was established as a professional lecturer. Turner spent part of each year in Norfolk, and her 1911 image of a nestling bittern was the first evidence of the species's return to the United Kingdom after its local extinction. She travelled widely in the United Kingdom and abroad photographing birds. She wrote eight books and many journal and magazine articles, and her image of a great crested grebe led to her being awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Gold Medal. She was one of the first women to be elected to fellowship of the Linnaean Society and the first female honorary member of the British Ornithologists' Union. Though not a graduate, she was also an honorary member of the British Federation of University Women.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1772:

In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple attacked and burned the British schooner Gaspee (depicted). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspee_Affair

1815:

The Congress of Vienna ended, redrawing the political map of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna

1944:

World War II: In reprisal for successful French Resistance attacks, the SS and SD hanged 99 men in the town of Tulle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulle_massacre

1999:

The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumanovo_Agreement

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

ennead: 1. (obsolete) The number nine. 2. (rare) Any grouping or system containing nine objects. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ennead

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

You are my fav'rite star, My haven in heaven above, You are ev'rything I love.   --Cole Porter https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cole_Porter