Background
Scott, Peter Markham was born on September 14, 1909.
Scott, Peter Markham was born on September 14, 1909.
Master of Arts, University Cambridge. Student, Munich State Academy. Student, Royal Academy Schools, London.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Exeter, 1963. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Aberdeen, 1963. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Birmingham, 1974.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Bristol, 1974. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Liverpool, 1984. Doctor of Science., University Bath, 1979.
Doctor of Science., University Guelph, 1981. Doctor of Science., University Ulster, 1987.
Chairman World Wildlife Fund International, 1961-1982, chairman council, 1983-1985, honorary chairman, 1985-1989. Chairman Survival Service Commission International Union for Conservation of Nature, 1962-1981, Falkland Islands Foundation, 1979-1989. Trustee emeritus World Wildlife Fund United Kingdom, chairman yachting committee, 1947-1948.
International jury for yachting, Olympic Games, Melbourne, 1956, Naples, 1960, Tokyo, 1964. Chancellor Birmingham University, 1974-1983. Rector Aberdeen University, 1960-1963.
Leader ornithological expeditions to Center Highlands, Iceland to mark wild geese, 1951, 53, expeditions to Australiasia Galapagos Islands, Seychelles and Antarctic. Represented Great Britain in Olympic Games in single-handed sailing, 1936. Explored unmapped Perry River area in Canada Arctic, 1949.
Speaker nature feature programmes on television.
Chairman The Otter Trust, Inland Waterways Association, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Member council Boy Scout Association, 1945-1973. Served with British military, 1939-1945.
Member Society of Wildlife Artists (president 1964-1978), Fauna and Flora Preservation Society (president 1981-1989), Glos Associate of Youth Clubs, International Yacht Racing Union (president 1955-1969), Glos Trust for Nature conservation, British Butterfly Conservation Society, British Gliding Association (vice president, chairman 1968-1970), Inland Waterways Association, Camping Club of Great Britain, Bristol Gliding Club. Clubs: Royal Thames Yacht, Explorers (New York City).
Son of Robert Falcon Scott and Kathleen Bruce Young. M. Elizabeth Jane Howard, 1942 (divorced 1951). 1 daughter; m. Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, 1951.
2 children.
