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Peter Markham Scott

4/5 ( ratings)
Born
September 13 1909
Died
2828 08 19891989
Website
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Generally known as Sir Peter Scott.

He represented Great Britain at sailing in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the O-Jolle class single-handed dinghy at Kiel.

During World War II, Scott served in the Royal Navy. He served first in destroyers in the North Atlantic but moved to commanding the First Squadron of Steam Gun Boats against German E-boats in the English Channel. He is also jointly credited with designing 'shadow camouflage', which disguised the look of ship superstructure. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery.

He was the skipper in the 1964 challenge for the America's Cup and from 1955-69 was the president of the International Sailing Federation. In 1963 he won the National Open Gliding Championship.

One of the founders of the World Wide Fund for Nature , and designer of the famous panda logo. He devised the Red Data Books for documenting endangered species of flora and fauna. Founder of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge.

Peter Markham Scott

4/5 ( ratings)
Born
September 13 1909
Died
2828 08 19891989
Website
Go to Website
Generally known as Sir Peter Scott.

He represented Great Britain at sailing in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the O-Jolle class single-handed dinghy at Kiel.

During World War II, Scott served in the Royal Navy. He served first in destroyers in the North Atlantic but moved to commanding the First Squadron of Steam Gun Boats against German E-boats in the English Channel. He is also jointly credited with designing 'shadow camouflage', which disguised the look of ship superstructure. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery.

He was the skipper in the 1964 challenge for the America's Cup and from 1955-69 was the president of the International Sailing Federation. In 1963 he won the National Open Gliding Championship.

One of the founders of the World Wide Fund for Nature , and designer of the famous panda logo. He devised the Red Data Books for documenting endangered species of flora and fauna. Founder of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge.

Books from Peter Markham Scott

The Eye of the Wind

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The Battle of the Narrow Seas: The History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel & North Sea, 1939-1945

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Peter Scott: Collected Writings, 1933-1989

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Observations Of Wildlife

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Under the Sea Jigsaw Book

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Under The Sea

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The World Atlas of Birds

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A Coloured Key To The Wildfowl Of The World

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Morning Flight - A Book of Wildfowl

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Sir Peter Scott at 80: A Retrospective

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Adventures Today

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The Wild Geese of the Newgrounds

5/5 ( ratings)

The Art Of Peter Scott: Images From A Lifetime

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The Snow Goose

5/5 ( ratings)

The Conservation and Biology of Desert Antelopes

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A Life In Nature

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Happy the Man

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So Many Sunlit Hours

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Travel Diaries Of A Naturalist, Volume 3

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The Battle of the Narrow Seas: The History of Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939-1945

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