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Winnie the Bear
Winnie the Bear
Animal · fl 1914-1934

On 24th August 1914, en route to war in Europe, Lieutenant Harry Colebourn puchased a black bear cub at White River, Ontario. He called her Winnie after his home town in Winnipeg. Lt. Colebourn took her with him to England, where his regiment was training. The bear became the pet of the soldiers and the mascot of the regiment. She was left at London Zoo for safekeeping when the regiment went to fight in France. Lt. Colebourn had intended to take Winnie back to Canada with him when the war was over, and he often visited her at the Zoo when on leave. However, when the war ended, Lt. Colebourn donated Winnie to London Zoo in appreciated of the care that had been taken of her in those years, and in recognition that Winnie had become a great favourite with visitors. Winnie was said to have a remarkably good nature, was very tame, and could be stroked and played with. She used to give children rides and would also eat out of their hands. The author A.A. Milne and his son Christopher were frequent visitors to Winnie. As a result, Winnie the Pooh was named after her. Winnie died in 1934. A statue was presented to London Zoo by the people of Manitoba on 19th July 1995
Hindle, Edward
Persona · 1886-1973

Professor Edward Hindle was a British biologist and entomologist who was Regius Professor of Zoology at the University of Glasgow from 1935 to 1943. He specialised in the study of parasites. He was founder of the Zoological Society of Glasgow. In 1943 he was appointed the first Scientific Director of the Zoological Society of London
Brown, H B
Persona · fl 1944
Kemp, Dr Stanley Wells
Persona · 1882-1945

Stanley Wells Kemp was an English marine biologist. In 1910 he joined the Zoological and Anthropological section of the Indian Museum, and when the organisation was converted in 1916 to the Zoological Survey of India, he became Superintendent and took up the study of crustaceans to continue work started by James Wood-Mason and Alfred William Alcock. He spent fourteen years in India during which he published seventeen papers on the decapods of the Indian Museum. He undertook expeditions to Baluchistan, Andaman Islands, the Abor Hills, Garo Hills and Rameshwaram. In 1910 he became a Fellow of Calcutta University and a Fellow of the Asiatic Society. In 1924 he returned to Ireland to become the first director of research in the Discovery investigations. He was Director of the Marine Biological Association from 1936 to 1945. Among the discoveries he made were the first onychophoran from the Indian region which he named as Typhloperipatus williamsoni
Shirley, Dr Herbert J
Persona · -1943

Fellow of the Zoological Society of London