Atkins, Babs (1917–2004)
Atkins, Babs (1917–2004)
English educator and conservationist. Born June 3, 1917, in England; died Mar 30, 2004, on St. George's Island, Cornwall, England; dau. of a merchant seaman; sister of Evelyn Atkins (potter, died 1997).
With sister, bought St. George's Island (also known as Looe Island) off the coast at West Looe in southeast Cornwall and lived there for 35 years; leased the island to the Cornwall Wildlife Trust (2000), for the annual rent of one peppercorn and a bottle of whisky; was previously deputy head of a 1,500-pupil school at Surrey.
See also Evelyn Atkins, We Bought an Island (1976).
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