Constantine Walter Benson was a British ornithologist and author of over 350 publications. He is considered the last of a line of British Colonial officials that made significant contributions to ornithology. Benson worked on the collection of birds catalogue in the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology and was one of the founders of the British Ornithologists Union
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1909-1982
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1897-
Gate Man later Keeper at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
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1800-1884
George Bentham was an English Botanist. He became President of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862
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1910-
Gardener and Pioneer at ZSL London Zoo
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1846-1919
Admiral Charles William de la Poer Beresford was a British admiral and Member of Parliament
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fl 1952
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
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fl 1868
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fl 1834
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The Berling Zoological Garden is the oldest surviving zoo in Germany. It was the second zoo in Germany after the short lived 'Thiergarten' in Hamburg-Horn. The aquarium opened in 1913. The first animals were donated by Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, from the menagerie at Pfaueninsel island and pheasantry of the Tiergarten