Max
Nicholson - Environmentalist, ornithologist, author and administrator
born Co. Dublin,
12 July 1904 died Chelsea, London, 26
April 2003
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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.
The walk in 2019 is from St. Paul's
Cathedral to Euston, by way of Chancery Lane. The walk is on Friday
12 July 2019, assemble at 10 am on the bottom step outisde the West
door of the Cathedral. Full
details here
For the picture archive of the walks in previous years from 2006 onwards
., please
click here
QUEENS WALK SUNDIAL
The sundial commemorates the Jubilee Walkway, the William Curtis Ecological Garden, and Max, who initiated both of them. It was officially opened by the Mayor of Southwark on Thursday 19th March 2015. Please see the Queens Walk sundial website for details
Max, the Silver Jubilee Walkway and the development of the South Bank - extracts from "A Walk for the Queen" by Hugo Vickers
Some pictures from "WWF - a biography" - an exhibition in 2011 in Zurich celebrating the first 50 years of the World Wildlife Fund.
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.