Densey Clyne

Densey Clyne
Born
Dorothy Denise Bell

(1922-12-04)4 December 1922
Risca, Wales, United Kingdom
Died21 May 2019(2019-05-21) (aged 96)
Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Writer, director, naturalist, documentarian
Known forMacro photography
Spouse
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    (m. 1950, divorced)​

Densey Clyne (born Dorothy Denise Bell, 4 December 1922 – 21 May 2019)[1][2] was an Australian naturalist, photographer, writer, and documentarian. She is especially well known for her studies of spiders and insects.[3][4] Clyne worked as a researcher, writer, narrator and/or adviser on a number of productions in partnership with cinematographer Jim Frazier.[5]

  1. ^ Bright Sparcs entry on Densey Clyne Accessed 25 July 2007
  2. ^ Fairhurst, Tracey (21 May 2019). "Author and naturalist Densey Clyne has died, age 96". Manning River Times. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tvtonight was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cormack, Holly (14 March 2019). "The Aussie women dominating natural history filmmaking". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  5. ^ Calabria, Christine (29 September 2022). Tirebuck, Ben (ed.). "A Tribute to Dr Jim Frazier, OAM ACS DSC.hc". Brilliant. Retrieved 4 April 2024.