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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.
father Robert Falcon Scott. Sir Peter Markham Scott (born September 14, 1909, London, England—died August 29, 1989, Bristol) 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 ).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 27, 2022 · Born in 1909, Peter Scott never knew his explorer father, Robert Falcon Scott, although the latter's tragic death in Antarctica in 1912 had a significant influence on his early life. His father's last letter to his wife encouraged her to ‘make the boy interested in natural history’, a request Kathleen Scott strove to fulfil.
Sir Peter Markham Scott CH CBE DSC FRS (1909 - 1989) was the son of the Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who lost his life during an expedition to the South Pole in 1911. Born in London, Peter Scott studied Natural Sciences and History of Art at Cambridge University. He became a naturalist, conservationist, ornithologist, artist ...
This heritage is why WWT is known as the birthplace of modern conservation. In 1946 we were established by Sir Peter Scott, a man described by Sir David Attenborough as “ the patron saint of conservation ”. Today, conservation science has proven what our founder had always known. Wetlands are wondrous places.
Sir Peter Markham Scott was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster and sportsman. The only child of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott. He studied at the RA Schools from 15th December 1931 to June 1933.
