Max Nicholson - Environmentalist,
ornithologist, author and administrator
born Co. Dublin, 12 July 1904
died Chelsea, London, 26 April 2003
Every year on Max Nicholson's birthday,
12 July, a group of us walk a section of the London Jubilee Walkway to celebrate
his work in originating it. See this year's walk ..... and make a note to join us on Thursday 12 July 2012 !
NEW! Some pictures from "WWF - a biography" - an exhibition in Zurich celebrating the first 50 years of the World Wildlife Fund. It is open until 18 September 2011
This website is a growing memorial to Max, built up by the kind recollections of many of those who knew him. There are now links to the latest additions to this extensive page.
If you would like to contribute a recollection or anecdote, please send it to Piers Nicholson . As you will see from the recollection page, all kinds of recollection - formal or informal, official or personal - are very welcome, and will help tobuild up a picture of Max's complex and interesting character.
See our new page on the Max Nicholson memorial sundials at the London Wetlands Centre in London, and at Sedbergh School in Cumbria
See our page on the WWF founders memorial lecture held at the Natural History Museum on 5 November 2003
Read the Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh originally written for Max's book "The New Environmental Age" in 1986
Read Sir Crispin Tickell's address at the memorial service in Chelsea on 27 June 2003
- "Max Nicholson was a giant in his time, with a compelling combination of idealism, imagination, energy, and managerial ability to put his ideas into practical effect."
- The London Natural History Society
- The Independent
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Guardian
- The Times
- Policy Studies Institute website
- World Wildlife fund website
- Max Nicholson and Guy Mountfort
- ECOS - the British Association of Nature Conservationists
- Guardian Birdwatch
- The Albufera International Biodiversity Group
- The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Climate Change and Biosphere Research Centre, Netherlands
more to come
Sir Martin Holdgate
John Sheail
Professor Roger J. Wheater
Frank Perring
Dr. Luc Hoffmann
Sue Lawley
Michael Hudson
Max's autobiography (part) - Working with the Russians and the Americans during the war
A small initial selection of pictures of Max
A summary of Max's honours, awards, and positions held
Some books by Max Nicholson are still available
If you would like to give a donation in Max's memory, here are some suggestions with a Gift Aid certificate to increase the value of your gift.
This bronze head of Max was sculpted by Alan Jarvis in 1950.