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The Fishmongers Company
Corporate body · 1272-

The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London, being an incorporated guild of sellers of fish and seafood in the City. The Company ranks fourth in the order of precedence of City Livery Companies, thereby making it one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies

The Economist
Corporate body · 1843-

A British weekly newspaper that focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology and culture

Corporate body · 1932-

The British Trust for Ornithology is an organisation founded in 1932 for the study of birds in the British Isles. Max Nicholson was the first treasurer, Bernard Tucker was the secretary and Harry Witherby was an early benefactor and vice-chairman

The Asiatic Society
Corporate body · 1784-

The Asiatic Society is a Government of India organisation founded during the Company rule in India to enhance and further the cause of 'Oriental research' (in this case, research into India and the surrounding regions). It was founded by the philologist William Jones in 1784 in a meeting presided over by Justice Robert Chambers in Calcutta, the then-capital of the Presidency of Fort William.

Corporate body · 1938-1980

Tel Aviv Zoo was a zoo founded in 1938 and located in central Tel Aviv. The zoo closed in 1980 and the animals were moved to the Zoological Centre of Tel Aviva-Ramat Gan

Tecton Group
Corporate body · 1932-1939

The Tecton Group was a radical architectural group co-founded by Berthold Lubetkin, Francis Skinner, Denys Lasdun, Michael Dugdale, Anthony Chitty, Val Harding, Godfrey Samuel and Lindsay Drake in 1932, and disbanded in 1939. The group was one of the leaders in bringing continental modernism to Britain. The group's first commission was the 1932-1934 Gorilla House in London Zoo. After the complete of the gorilla house, the group designed a penguin pool for the zoo, which contained a unique double helix-shaped walkway without immediate supports for the penguins and a large swimming area. They also designed two other zoos: Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire and Dudley Zoo in West Midlands