Peter Brian Edwards CD,

CStJ The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of c ...

, FRHSC (March 19, 1931 – July 25, 2019) was a

vexillologist Vexillology ( ) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.Smith, Whitney. ''Flags Through the Ages and Across the World'' New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Print. The word is a synth ...

and scholar of flags. He established the ''Canadian Flag Institute'' on October 31, 1978.

Life

Interested in vexillology, he was a Member of the North American Vexillological Association and on October 31, 1978, he established the ''Canadian Flag Institute'', renamed Burgee Data Archive (BDA) August 31, 1993. Peter was diligent in researching the often-neglected field of maritime flags and became the world's top reference in the study of burgees. The Burgee Data Archive published “The Private Signal”, a periodical vexillological journal, and was accepted as a member of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations in 1997. He was the fourteenth president of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada, from 1988 until 1990. Peter Edwards deposited his and the BDA's collection and library at the Naval Marine Archive in Picton, Ontario before his death in 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Peter 1931 births 2019 deaths York University alumni University of Toronto alumni People from Crosby, Merseyside Vexillologists English emigrants to Canada