Curriculum Vitae ELSA SUSANNA POOLEY 2008 PERSONAL DETAILS Born Elsa Susanna Bond, Johannesburg, 1947. Education Pietermaritzburg Girls High School, Pietermaritzburg Widowed Husband d. 2004. Tony Pooley, game ranger, natural scientist, world authority on crocodiles, natural history writer/photographer, specialist wildlife and natural history film consultant. Three sons, Simon, Justin and Thomas. Address Cottage no 1, Finningley Estate, Clansthal, KZN South Coast P O Box 295, Scottburgh 4180 Tel: 039-973 0486 Fax: 039-973 1503 cell: 082-487 5384 email:
[email protected] AWARDS 1996 Wildlife and Environment Society (Natal Region) Conservationist of the Year 1999 Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contribution to Botany, SA Association of Botanists 2000 Kirstenbosch Bronze Medal, Inaugural Kirstenbosch Botanical Art Exhibition 2004 Marloth Medal, Botanical Society of SA 2008 Honorary Doctor of Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal PUBLICATIONS Books 1. Pooley, E.S . (1993) The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand & Transkei . Natal Flora Publications Trust. pp 1-512 To date, 13 000 copies have been sold and the 4 th impression has been published 2. *Carruthers, V., editor (1997) The Wildlife of Southern Africa. A field guide to the animals and plants of the region . ( Elsa Pooley, author and illustrator of the plants ). Southern Book Publishers pp 310 3. Pooley, E.S . (1998) A Field guide to Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal & the Eastern Region . Natal Flora Publications Trust. pp 1-632 To date,11 000 copies have been sold 4. *Pooley, E.S . (1998) Trees of Southern Africa . Southern Green Guide Series. Southern book Publishers pp 1-56 5.