Peter Scott

Sir Peter Scott CH CBE DSC* FRS FZS
Scott in 1954
Born	Peter Markham Scott (1909-09-14)14 September 1909 London, England
Died	29 August 1989(1989-08-29) (aged 79) Bristol, England
Monuments	Statue of Sir Peter Scott at the WWT London Wetland Centre, busts at each of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust centres
Occupation(s)	Ornithologist, conservationist, aviculturist, painter, naval officer, broadcaster
Known for	Conservation, WWT Slimbridge, painting, WWF
Spouses	Elizabeth Jane Howard ​ ​ (m. 1942; div. 1951)​ Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby ​ ​ (m. 1951)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Robert Falcon Scott Kathleen Bruce
Relatives	Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet (half-brother)

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.

He established the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge in 1946 and helped found the World Wide Fund for Nature, the logo of which he designed. He was a yachting enthusiast from an early age and took up gliding in mid-life. He was part of the UK team for the 1936 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in sailing a one-man dinghy. He was knighted in 1973 for his work in conservation of wild animals and was also a recipient of the WWF Gold Medal^[1] and the J. Paul Getty Prize.