Edward Max Nicholson ("Max" to everyone who knew him; July 12, 1904 - April 26, 2003) was a pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist; and a founder of the World Wildlife Fund. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Environmentalism is the support of or involvement with the environmental movement by environmentalists. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Internationalism is a political movement which advocates a greater economic and political cooperation between nations for the benefit of all. ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ...

Nicholson was born in Kilternan, to the south of Dublin (then part of the United Kingdom), the son of English parents. He and his family moved to England in 1910, settling in Staines. He became interested in birdwatching, beginning his list of birds in 1913. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed ornithology). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

He was educated at Sedbergh School in Cumbria and then Hertford College, Oxford from 1926, winning scholarships to both. At Oxford he read history, and visited Greenland and British Guiana as a founder member of the University's Exploration Club. Sedbergh school is a co-educational boarding school in Sedbergh, Cumbria for ages 13-18, which is renowed for sport especially rugby union. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... College name Hertford College Named after Elias de Hertford Established 1282 Sister College None Principal Dr John Landers JCR President Stephanie Johnston Undergraduates 376 Graduates 224 Homepage Boatclub Hertford College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. ...

He already had published work on birds by the age of 21, with Birds in England (1926) and had three similar books published in the 1920s. 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... It has been suggested that Roaring Twenties be merged into this article or section. ...

In The Art of Bird-Watching (1931), he discussed the potential of co-operative birdwatching to inform the conservation debate. This led, in 1932, to the foundation of the British Trust for Ornithology, of which he was the first treasurer and later chairman (1947-1949). 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in Britain. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Nicholson's 1931 essay A National Plan for Britain led to the formation of the influential policy think tank Political and Economic Planning (PEP), now the Policy Studies Institute. Political and Economic Planning was a British policy think tank, formed in 1931 in response to Max Nicholsons A National Plan for Britain. ...

He joined the civil service in 1940, during World War II working for the Ministry of Shipping, then the Ministry of War Transport, attending conferences at Quebec and Cairo, and was with Winston Churchill at the post-war peace conferences at Yalta and Potsdam. A civil servant or public servant is a civilian career public sector employee working for a government department or agency. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Yalta (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Crimean Tatar: Yalta) is a city in Crimea, southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea. ... Potsdam is the capital city of the state of Brandenburg in Germany. ...

From 1945 until 1952 he was private secretary to Herbert Stanley Morrison. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth (January 3, 1888 - March 6, 1965) was a British Labour Party politician and cabinet minister. ...

In 1947-1948, with the then director general of the United Nations' scientific and education organisation UNESCO, Julian Huxley, he was involved in forming the Scientific International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (now the World Conservation Union). 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that describes itself as a global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Sir Julian Sorell Huxley, FRS (June 22, 1887 – February 14, 1975) was a British biologist, author, Humanist and internationalist, known for his popularisations of science in books and lectures. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...

He also chaired the committee for the 1951 Festival of Britain. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in May 1951 in London. ...

In 1949 he oversaw Part 3 of The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act which established a British state research council for natural sciences and 'biological service', The Nature Conservancy (1949-1973), and allowed for the legal protection of National Nature Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). He replaced Captain Cyril Diver as director-general of The Nature Conservancy in 1952 and served until 1966, (just after the Conservancy lost its independent status). During his leadership the Conservancy established itself as an research and management body which promoted ecology as having broad relevance and application to land use decision-making and mangement. 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. ...

In 1952, while in Baluchistan, he contracted polio, which left him with a limp. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Baluchistan (or Balochistan), also known as Greater Baluchistan is an arid region of south Asia, presently split between Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ...

In 1961, he was part of the organising group that created the World Wildlife Fund and he was also a founder of the International Institute for Environment and Development. In 1966 he set up and headed Land Use Consultants, remaining with them until 1989. He was also chief editor of The Birds of the Western Palearctic ("BWP", 1977-1994, OUP) from 1965-1992. He was President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds from 1980-1985, helped set up the New Renaissance Group and was a trustee of Earthwatch Europe. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Note: After losing a court case in 2002 on the use of the initials WWF, the organization previously known as the World Wrestling Federation has rebranded itself as World Wrestling Entertainment, or WWE. WWF - The Conservation Organization was formerly known as World Wildlife Fund and Worldwide Fund for Nature. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europes largest wildlife conservation charity. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article is about the year. ...

He married Mary Crawford in 1932 and they had two children, Piers and Tom. Crawford died in 1995 and he married Marie Mauerhofer (known as Toni) in 1965, they had one child (David), and she died in 2002. 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

Books

(incomplete list)

• Birds In England (1926)
• How Birds Live (1927)
• The Art of Bird-Watching (1931)
• The Humanist Frame (1961) (contribution)
• The System: The Misgovernment of Modern Britain (1967)

1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Tribute site
• Guardian Obituary
• Telegraph Obituary