Obituary – Dr Peter John Tilbrook

Peter Tilbrook, zoologist, polar scientist, conservationist, died on 18 July 2022, from an infection following his diagnosis of terminal cancer the previous year. He was 83. Born in Romford, Essex, Peter grew up in nearby Hornchurch, where he attended the Royal Liberty Grammar School, and excelled at sport especially football and cricket. He went on to Durham University to study Zoology and represented the University in football and cricket as well as developing interests in tennis, squash, badminton, dinghy sailing and classical music. He went on a University expedition to Svalbard in 1960 and this, together with visits to the Northumbrian coast, the island of Raasay and field trips to Moor House field station in the northern Pennines, influenced his subsequent career.