Henry Piddington was an English sea captain who sailed in East India and China and later settled in Bengal where he worked as a curator of a geological museum and worked on scientific problems, and is well known for his pioneering studies in meteorology of tropical storms and hurricanes. He noted the circular winds around a calm centre recorded by ships caught in storms and coined the name cyclone in 1848.
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1797-1858
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fl 1938
Labourer at ZSL London Zoo
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1914-
Accountancy Assistant and Chief Clerk at ZSL London Zoo
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fl 1946
Fitters Mate
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fl 1966
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1883-
Sweeper at ZSL London Zoo
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fl 1945
Temporary Library Cleaner at ZSL London Zoo
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fl 1969
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1861-1946
Marie Phisalix was a French scientist who researched snake venom and antidotes. In 1910 she joined the National Museum of Natural History, where she led the laboratory of ichthyology and herpetology. She studied the comparative anatomy of the organs that create venom as well as the pathology of their delivery
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fl 1956
Car Park Attendant at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo