Marjorie Doggett was a Singaporean animal welfare advocate, architectural photographer, and heritage conservationist.
16 Facts About Marjorie Doggett
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Marjorie Doggett was a founding member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Singapore.
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Marjorie Doggett was the second daughter of Frank and Edith Millest.
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Marjorie and Victor Doggett landed at Singapore in February 1947.
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Marjorie Doggett took up various odd jobs, including dance partner at a tango school and post-natal advisor for Nestle.
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Marjorie Doggett passed the Royal Schools of Music exam with merit in 1949 and opened his own school, The Music Studio, in Lavender Street in the same year.
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Marjorie Doggett's work was the beginning of what is the Singapore Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Marjorie Doggett continued to work to raise awareness of cruelty to animals, writing letters to The Straits Times on a variety of animal welfare issues.
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In 1982, Marjorie Doggett became an advisory director for the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the secretary of the International Primate Protection League.
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Marjorie Doggett made several expeditions to Malaya, photographing the eastern coast.
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The Marjorie Doggett family continued their week-long trips to Malaysia until the late 1990s, which evolved, over the years, into a comprehensive lepidoptera field study.
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On 20 May 1957, a selection of Marjorie Doggett's photographs appeared as Characters of Light: A Guide to the Buildings of Singapore, published by British book agent Donald Moore.
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Marjorie Doggett died on 15 August 2010 in her home in Toh Heights.
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Marjorie Doggett had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but still loved and protected animals up to her last days.
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In 2017, Marjorie Doggett was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame for her advocacy work with animals.
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Seventy-nine photos, taken with a Rolleicord, were printed on wood-free paper with short essay captions from Marjorie Doggett, presenting the buildings in their historical context.