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Sir Peter Markham Scott (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 George Peter Scott FAcSS (born 1 August 1946) [1] [2] is a British educationalist and the former Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University in Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. He was knighted in 2007 for "services to education". [ 3 ]
Peter Scott OBE (1890–1972) was an English Quaker activist and social entrepreneur. He is known particularly for the Brynmawr Experiment , a settlement in Wales. Life
The trust was founded in 1946 by the ornithologist and artist Sir Peter Scott as the Severn Wildfowl Trust. The first site at Slimbridge was a centre for research and conservation. In a move unusual at the time, he opened the site to the public so that everyone could enjoy access to nature. [1] [2]
Sir Peter Noble. Sir Peter Scott Noble (17 October 1899 – 12 May 1987) was a British academic who was principal of King's College London from 1952 to 1968 and later vice-chancellor of the University of London from 1961 to 1964. [1] [2]
A bust of founder Sir Peter Scott by Jacqueline Shackleton was completed in 1986 and is on display in the grounds. [7] His wife Philippa, Lady Scott, sat for Jon Edgar as part of his Environmental Series of heads, and a bronze was unveiled in the visitor centre in December 2011. [8]
The conclusion of the book involves two real-life characters, Adams' long-time friend Ronald Lockley, and the world-famous naturalist Sir Peter Scott. Having seen a manuscript, both men readily agreed to be identified with the characters and opinions that Adams had attributed to them, as is shown in Adams' preface to the book.
Scott was honorary director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, founded in 1948 by Sir Peter.She had a keen interest in nature and the environment and wrote numerous books about her travels from the Arctic to the Antarctic.