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People's Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor
Corporate body · 1917-

The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals is a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom. During World War I, animal welfare pioneer Maria Dickin worked to improve the dreadful state of animal health in the Whitechapel area of London. She wanted to open a clinic where East Enders living in poverty could receive free treatment for their sick and injured animals. Despite widespread scepticism, she opened her free 'dispensary' in a Whitechapel basement on 17 November 1917
Penny, William John
Person · 1920-

Labourer in the Works Department at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Penman, George
Person · 1889-

Helper at ZSL London Zoo
Pengilly, G F
Person · fl 1941

War Utility Exhibition Attendant
Pelzeln, August von
Pelzeln, August von
Person · 1825-1891

August von Pelzeln was an Austrian ornithologist. He studied at the University of Vienna, later working as an assistant under helminthologist Karl Moriz Diesing in the Hof-Naturalien-Cabinet from 1851. In 1857 he acquired curatorial duties formerly held by Johann Jakob Heckel, and subsequently became in charge of the bird (1857) and mammal (1869) collections. He worked on the birds collected by Johann Natterer in Brazil (343 species)