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Vivienne Florence Beatrice de Watteville
Born(1900-08-17)17 August 1900
Somerset, England
Died27 June 1957(1957-06-27) (aged 56)
England
OccupationTravel writer, broadcaster, journalist
Alma materThe wilds of Sirdal, Norway
GenreAutobiography, travel writing
Notable worksSpeak to the Earth (1935) Out in the Blue (1927)
PartnerGeorge Gerard Goschen

Vivienne Florence Beatrice de Watteville (17 August 1900 – 27 June 1957) was a British travel writer and adventurer, author of two books based on her experiences in East Africa in the 1920s, Out in the Blue (1927) and Speak to the Earth (1935). She is best remembered for taking charge of and continuing an expedition in the Congo and Uganda at the age of 24, when her father was killed by a lion.

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