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Desbottes, C J
Person · fl 1952

Fellow of the Zoological Society of London

Denton, P H
Person · fl 1988

Director of Administration at Zoological Society of London

Dennis, Windella Jack
Person · 1902-

Park Policeman, later transferred to the Menagerie at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Dennis, H
Person · 1906-

Train Box Attendant at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Denburgh, John Van
Person · 1872-1924

John Van Denburgh was an American herpetologist from California. In 1895 he organised the herpetology department of the California Academy of Sciences. He practiced medicine in San Francisco while serving as curator of the herpetological collections of the California Academy of Sciences. After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 he was instrumental in rebuilding the lost herpetology collections through new expeditions and acquisitions of other collections. In 1922 he published the two-volume The Reptiles of Western North America. He discovered and described at least 38 species of reptiles