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Peter Scott

1909 - 1989

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Scott has received more than 579,439 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Scott is the 1,802nd most popular painter (down from 1,506th in 2019), the 3,827th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,298th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Peter Scott ranks 1,802 out of 2,023. Before him are Alberto Vargas, Theodor Pallady, Victor Borisov-Musatov, Józef Pankiewicz, Frank Brangwyn, and Carlos Latuff. After him are Suzanne Duchamp, Mel Ramos, Ants Laikmaa, Peter Blake, Katherine Sophie Dreier, and Giovanni d'Alemagna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Peter Scott ranks 311. Before him are Michael Rennie, Moshe Castel, Godfrey Rampling, Ernesto Belis, Adam Rapacki, and Margita Figuli. After him are Ken Uehara, Patricia Hayes, Luiz Luz, Johnny Mercer, Georges Verriest, and Paula Strasberg. Among people deceased in 1989, Peter Scott ranks 220. Before him are Edgar Sanabria, Cláudio Santoro, Bas Paauwe, Ray McAnally, Aileen Pringle, and Sirarpie Der Nersessian. After him are Luiz Luz, Ödön Zombori, Hassler Whitney, John Ogdon, King Tubby, and Roberto Figueroa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Scott ranks 3,827 out of 8,785. Before him are Freddie Jones (1927), Clifford Curzon (1907), Phyllis Johnson (1886), Bernard Bosanquet (1848), Charles Booth (1840), and Ben Chaplin (1969). After him are David Marshall Lang (1924), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Patricia Hayes (1909), Vincent Nichols (1945), Alun Armstrong (1946), and Peter Murphy (1957).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Peter Scott ranks 85. Before him are Marie Spartali Stillman (1844), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), David Wilkie (1785), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Mary Moser (1744), and Roger Dean (1944). After him are Peter Blake (1932), Frederick Sandys (1829), Peter Doig (1959), Edwin Long (1829), William Powell Frith (1819), and Thomas Hudson (1701).

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