PGS & Herbert Ponting, can you help?

[DAVID BILLINGTON]

Dear Member,

 

Ian Cuerden has pointed me in the direction of a review, in yesterday's Times (Feb 25th), of an exhibition celebrating the work of Herbert Ponting.  He was the official photographer for Scott on the Arctic expeditions, and survived because he did not accompany Scott on the last leg to the South Pole.  His filmed record of the event, "The Great White Silence" has recently been restored and reissued.  Both Ian and I believe he was an Old Boy (probably in the 1880s), but we have no concrete evidence.  There is a reference to him being an alumnus in Wikipedia (under "Winckley Square"), but I have no idea whether this source is reliable.  Can anyone help?

 

Best wishes,

 

Charlie.