What is Azaria Alon?
{{Infobox person | name = Azaria Alon | image = Azaria Alon.jpg | caption = Azaria Alon in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|11|15}} | birth_place = [[Ukraine]] | death_date = {{death date|2014|01|19}} (aged 95) | death_place = [[Beit HaShita]], [[Israel]] | education = | occupation = [[Conservationist]],<br/>[[Environmentalist]] | alias = | title = | family = | spouse = Ruth Alon | domestic_partner = | children = 4 | relatives = | ethnicity = | nationality = [[Israeli]] | religion = | website = }} [[File:Dan Hadani collection (990044413180205171).jpg|thumb|alt=Azaria Alon, 1969|Azaria Alon, 1969]] '''Azaria Alon''' (November 15, 1918 &ndash; January 19, 2014) was an [[Israel|Israeli]] [[environmentalist]]. He was the co-founder of the [[Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel]] (SPNI).<ref name=JP>{{cite web| url=http://www.jpost.com/Enviro-Tech/Azaria-Alon-father-of-Israeli-environmentalism-dies-at-95-338671 |title=Azaria Alon, father of Israeli environmentalism, dies at 95 |date=January 19, 2014 |work=The Jersalem Post |access-date=January 19, 2014 }}</ref> Alon received an Israel Prize for lifetime achievement in 2012. He had previously been cited for the Israel Prize when the SPNI won it in 1980.<ref name=HAA>{{cite web| url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/leading-rabbi-environmental-pioneer-to-receive-israel-prize-1.417205 |title=Leading rabbi, environmental pioneer to receive Israel Prize |date=March 8, 2012 |work=haaretz.com |access-date=January 19, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=YNET>{{cite web| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4200338,00.html |title=Environmentalist Azaria Alon awarded Israel Prize |date=March 9, 2012 |work=ynetnews.com |access-date=January 19, 2014 }}</ref> Alon died on January 19, 2014 from natural causes, aged 95. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alon, Azaria}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Israeli activists]] [[Category:Israeli