Ayerst Award
Ayerst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Fiona Ayerst (born 1965), South African photographer *Peter Ayerst (1920–2014), Royal Air force officer * William Ayerst (1830–1904), British clergyman and missionary *William Ayerst Ingram William Ayerst Ingram or W. Ayerst Ingram RBA (27 April 1855 Twickenham, Surrey – 20 March 1913 Falmouth, Cornwall) was a painter and member of the Newlyn School. He did notable Landscape art and Marine art. In 1906 he joined the Royal In ...

Fiona Ayerst
Fiona Ayerst (born 20 September 1965) is a wildlife photographer based in South Africa notable for underwater photography. She has swum with many species of shark, photographed them, including the macropredator Tiger shark and the massive but tamer whale shark.4 August 2009, Time magazine Retrieved 15 August 2014, "...A 40-foot whale shark and a brave snorkler swim off the South African coast. ..." Her images have won awards in numerous photo competitions. She writes for several magazines, and works as an editor for ''Beyond Blue'' magazine. She is a proponent of protecting sharks and ocean environments. Her images have appeared in magazines and newspapers worldwide, such as ''Time magazine'', as well as on magazine covers and Coffee table books featuring wildlife photography. She won South Africa's 2003 Wildlife Photographer of the Year. She gave a TED talk TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that pos ...
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Peter Ayerst
Peter Vigne Ayerst, DFC (4 November 1920 – 15 May 2014) was a Royal Air force officer and flying ace of the Second World War. He was the last surviving No. 73 Squadron pilot and test pilot from Castle Bromwich Aerodrome. Early life Ayerst was born on 4 November 1920 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England. He was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys, a state grammar school in his home town. Military career Ayerst was commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 14 December 1938 as an acting pilot officer on probation. In August 1939, he was posted to No. 73 Squadron RAF to fly Hurricanes. He was regraded to pilot officer on probation on 3 September 1939 and his commission was confirmed on 6 October 1939. He was sent to France with the squadron and scored his first victory in April 1940. After a spell instructing, when he shared in the destruction of a He 111 with two other instructors, he had postings with both 145 and 243 Squadrons. In July 1942 he went to North Africa with ...
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William Ayerst
William Ayerst (1830–1904) was an English clergyman and missionary. He was born at Dantzig on 16 March 1830, the eldest son of William Ayerst, vicar of Egerton, Kent. He studied at King's College, London from 1847–9, and graduated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge with a B.A. in 1853, and an M.A. in 1856. After being ordained as a deacon in 1853 and priest in 1854, he was appointed to All Saints, Gordon Square (1853–5), St Paul's, Lisson Grove (1855–7), and St Giles in the Fields (1857–9). He departed England to serve as rector of St Paul's School, Calcutta, India. In 1861 he was appointed to a chaplaincy on the Bengal ecclesiastical establishment and was senior chaplain with the Khyber field force from 1879 to 1881, for which he was awarded the Afghanistan Medal. After returning to England he was briefly principal of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews's missionary college and minister of the Jews' Episcopal Chapel at Cambridge ...
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