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Jenny the Orangutan
Jenny the Orangutan
Animal · c.1834-1839

Jenny was the first Orangutan to be shown at London Zoo. She arrived on 25th November 1837, after being purchased from a Mr Moss for £150. She was put in the specially heated Giraffe House. She wore human clothing and learned to drink tea. She soon attracted excited crowds of people. On 28th March 1838, Charles Darwin came to London Zoo to see Jenny. It was his first sighting of an ape. He described Jenny in a letter: “the keeper showed her an apple, but would not give it her, whereupon she threw herself on her back, kicked & cried, precisely like a naughty child. - She then looked very sulky & after two or three fits of pashion [sic], the keeper said, 'Jenny if you will stop bawling & be a good girl, I will give you the apple.' - She certainly understood every word of his, &, though like a child, she had great work to stop whining, she at last succeeded, & then got the apple, with which she jumped into an arm chair & began eating it, with the most contented countenance imaginable.” The experience reinforced Darwin's view that human beings were 'created from animals'. Jenny died from an illness on 28th May 1839. After Jenny's death, she was replaced by another female Orangutan who, by tradition, was also named Jenny. The second Jenny was visited by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Jeremiah, Gwyn
Person · 1911-

Helper at ZSL London Zoo
Jersey Zoo
Corporate body · 1959-

Jersey Zoo, formerly Durrell Wildlife Park, is a zoological park on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Since 1964, the zoo has been home to the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust)
Jewell, Professor Peter Arundel
Person · fl 1988

Bachelor's degrees in Agriculture from Reading and Physiology from Cambridge, and a Cambridge PhD in Physiology. Jewell held appointments as Lecturer in Pharmacology at the Royal Veterinary College, Research Fellow at the Zoological Society of London, Professor of Biology in Nigeria, Lecturer in Zoology at University College and Professor at the Royal Holloway College, London, and Professor of Physiology of Reproduction in Cambridge. In 1959 he became a member of the Zoological Society of London's Breeding Policy Committee and later the Gene Bank Sub-Committee. He made a major contribution to the foundation of the Rare Breed's Survival Trust
Joass, John James
Person · 1868-1952

John James Joass was a Scottish architect, born in Dingwall, Scotland. His father, William Cumming Joass was an established architect in that town.

He was given basic training with his father, and then in 1885 articled with John Burnet & Son in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1890 he moved to the firm of Robert Rowand Anderson, and then in 1893 to London. After a number of positions he joined John Belcher's practice in 1896. He became a partner in 1905, and continued the practice after the death of Belcher in 1913.
Job, Joan Scott
Person · 1917-

North Bank Kiosk Attendant at ZSL London Zoo