ality , ▁Sk el ton ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁" Peter ". ▁Sk el ton ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁P ly mouth , ▁England . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁Ald en ham ▁School ▁and ▁P embro ke ▁College , ▁Cambridge . ▁He ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁Ass istant ▁K ee per ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Print ed ▁Books ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁with ▁a ▁break ▁for ▁military ▁service ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁and ▁as ▁Deput y ▁K ee per ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁He ▁began ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁Map ▁Room ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁upon ▁his ▁return ▁from ▁military ▁service ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁became ▁the ▁Super int endent , ▁in ▁which ▁post ▁he ▁continued ▁until ▁his ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁▁ ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁crash ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁The ▁Vin land ▁map ▁and ▁The ▁T art ar ▁Rel ation , ▁written ▁with ▁Thomas ▁E . ▁Mar ston , ▁and ▁George ▁P ain ter , ▁by ▁Y ale ▁University ▁Press , ▁ ▁History ▁of ▁Cart ography ▁( with ▁Leo ▁Bag row ), ▁originally ▁published ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁Cambridge ▁by ▁C . ▁A . ▁W att s ▁and ▁Harvard ▁University ▁Press ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁ ▁Sk el ton