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Allport, Morton
Personne · 1830-1878

Morton Allport was an English-born Australian colonial naturalist. His work added largely to the knowledge of the zoology and botany of Tasmania. He was an authority on Tasmanian fish and catalogued, described and drew pictures of his specimens. He was a leader in the introduction of salmon and trout to Tasmanian waters and also introduced the white water-lily and the perch. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and of the Zoological Society of London. He was vice-president of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Tadema, Lawrence Alma-, Sir
Personne · 1838-1912

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch painter who later settled in the United Kingdom, becoming the last officially recognised denizen in 1873
Arnold, Edwin Lester, Sir
Personne · 1832-1904

Edwin Lester Linden Arnold was an English writer. his best known work is Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation which is one of the earliest examples of the planetary romance sub-genre
Arppe, Adolphe Edouard
Personne · fl 1865

Secretary of the Societe de Sciences au Finlande
Bayes, Gilbert
Personne · 1872-1953

Gilbert William Bayes was an English sculptor. His art works varies in scale from medals to large architectural clocks, monuments and equestrian statues
Russell, Herbrand Arthur
Russell, Herbrand Arthur
Personne · 1858-1940

Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford, was and English politician and peer. He was the son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West, daughter of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr.

He was President of the Zoological Society of London from 1899 to 1936, and was concerned with animal preservation throughout his life. He was instrumental in saving the milu (or Pere David's deer), which was already extinct by 1900 in its native China. He acquired a few remaining deer from European zoos and nurtured a herd of them at Woburn Abbey. He gifted Himalayan tahr to the New Zealand government in 1903.