Sir peter scott biography of martin
Sir peter scott biography of martin
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Sir Peter Scott would have been 100 on Monday, 14 September, 2009
Peter Scott was born on the 14th September 1909 in London, godson of playwright J.M.
Barrie and son of Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who died when Peter was only two.
His father's dying wish was that Peter would be encouraged to follow an interest in natural history.
Peter originally read Natural Sciences in Cambridge but graduated in the History of Art in 1931.
His artistic talents later led to his design of a panda as the logo for the World Wide Fund for Nature, of which he was a founder member.
During World War II, Scott served in the Royal Navy and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery.
The first WWT centre, in Slimbridge, opened in 1946 |
According to his wife Lady Scott, when Peter returned from war, he was very keen to do something to protect threatened species and so it was that in 1946 he founded the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbrid