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Sir Peter Markham Scott, CH, CBE, DSC*, FRS, FZS (14 September 1909 – 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, he took an interest in observing and shooting wildfowl at a young age and later took to their breeding.
- Sir Peter was named after Peter Pan, the character created by his godfather J M Barrie.J M Barrie’s christening gift to Peter was life membership of London Zoological Society.
- He was the only child of one of the world’s most famous explorers, Scott of the Antarctic, who in his last letter home before he died on his ill-fated mission to the South Pole, urged his wife to: “Make the boy interested in natural history”.
- He was an accomplished sportsman, winning a bronze medal at the 1936 Olympic Games for sailing, becoming the British gliding champion in 1963 and a national championship standard ice-skater.
- He was a co-founder and first chairman of the World Wide Fund for Nature and was responsible for creating WWF’s famous panda logo, as well as the WWT swan logo.
Sir Peter Markham Scott was a British conservationist and artist. He founded the Severn Wildfowl Trust (1946; renamed the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust) and helped establish the World Wildlife Fund (1961; renamed the World Wide Fund for Nature). Scott, who was the son of Antarctic explorer Robert.
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Aug 31, 1989 · Sir Peter Scott, a painter, ornithologist, yachtsman and television personality who abandoned hunting to become one of the world's leading campaigners for wildlife protection,...
Sir Peter Markham Scott CH CBE DSC and Bar FRS (London, 14 September 1909 – Bristol, 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve officer and sportsman. Scott was knighted in 1973 for his contribution to the conservation of wild animals.
Peter Markham Scott (1909–1989) The Sir Peter Scott Art Collection. Ornithologist, broadcaster and painter, born in London, son of Robert Falcon Scott the Antarctic explorer whose wife was Kathleen Kennet, the sculptor, as she later became known after her second marriage.
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Biography As an artist, naturalist, author, illustrator, ornithologist, ichthyologist, conservationist, broadcaster, lecturer, and sportsman, Sir Peter Scott is one of the most accomplished men in wildlife art. He studied both zoology and art at Cambridge and graduated in 1931.
