from his mother and had his relatives raise him as his own son, even though he was not the biological father. Peter did not see his parents again until he returned to Britain and found fame in his thirties. He remained close to his mother and met both George Finch and his biological father briefly. George divorced Betty when Peter was two years old and married Gladys May, a nurse, after she became pregnant with their son Bryan. George left Gladys and the boy soon after the birth, but supported Bryan financially. References External links 1888 births 1970 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society Australian mountain climbers Presidents of the Alpine Club (UK) 20th-century explorers Presidents of the Physical Society Members of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British chemists English chemists Australian emigrants to England British mountain climbers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Ordnance Corps soldiers Military personnel from New South Wales