Peggy Wayburn

Cornelia Elliott "Peggy" Wayburn (September 2, 1917 – March 21, 2002) was an American author, conservationist, and photographer.

Personal life thumbShe was born Cornelia Thomas Elliott on September 2, 1917, in New York City to Thomas Ketchin Elliott, Jr. and Cornelia Ligon Elliott. Elliott is a direct descendent Henry Laurens Elliott, a South Carolina banker and slaveholding member of the Planter class. She graduated from Emma Willard School. On September 23, 1939, she married John W. Haslett, changing her name to Cornelia Elliott Haslett. In 1942, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College. In 1945, she moved to San Francisco to work as a copywriter for J. Walter Thompson. on September 12, 1947.

She died on March 21, 2002, in San Francisco after having an abdominal disease for more than three years. She was survived by three daughters, Diana Wayburn, Cynthia Wayburn, and Laurie Wayburn; one son, William Wayburn; and three grandchildren.