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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, died of a heart...
1909 - 1989. Sir Peter Markham Scott CH, CBE, DSC, FRS, was an ornithologist, naturalist, conservationist, artist and author who travelled the world painting rare birds and studying wildlife.
Jul 27, 2022 · VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF. Conservationist, scientist, artist, author, broadcaster and sportsman, Sir Peter Scott was one of the leaders of the international conservation movement in the twentieth century. As founder of the ...
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Feb 10, 2016 · The former home of the "patron saint of conservation", naturalist Sir Peter Scott, is to be opened to the public. The nature reserve at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) at Slimbridge ...
