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Paget, Alfred Henry, Lord
Person · 1816-1888

Lord Alfred Henry Paget was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1837 and 1865

Page, Helena R
Person · 1892-

Lavatory Attendant with the Catering Department and later Menagerie at ZSL London Zoo

Page, Arthur Christopher
Person · 1893-1943

Assistant Stoker, Helper and Head Keeper at ZSL London Zoo

Packer, Walter
Person · 1857-1926

Helper and Keeper at ZSL London Zoo

Pace, B
Person · 1879-

Parrot House Boy, Helper and Keeper at ZSL London Zoo

Oxford, Mrs
Person · 1911-

Office Cleaner at ZSL London Zoo

Oxford University Press
Corporate body · 1586-

Oxford University Press is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. The first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press

Corporate body · 1850-

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens. The university's Honour School of Natural Science started in 1850, but the facilities for teaching were scattered around the city of Oxford in the various colleges. The university's collection of anatomical and natural history specimens were similarly spread around the city. Regius Professor of Medicine, Sir Henry Acland, initiated the construction of the museum between 1855 and 1860, to bring together all the aspects of science around a central display area