Chairman of The Granada Theatres Limited and Transatlantic Pictures Corporation Limited
Assistant Curator at ZSL London Zoo
Labourer at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi, sometimes J. Josephi or Joseph Bianconi, was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, botanist and geologist.
He was a Professor of Natural History at the University of Bologna. In the field of herpetology he described new species of amphibians and reptiles.
In 1874, Bianconi published a book on "independent creations", which utilised zoological arguments against Darwinism. Bianconi argued that "enlightened application of laws of mechanics, physics, physiology" led to the conclusion that every part of an organism had been created by the "unlimited intelligence" of God.
Bianconi argued that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles. Darwin briefly mentioned Bianconi and rejected his arguments in a footnote in his The Descent of Man
The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The zoo was founded by Aharon Shulov, a professor of zoology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus. Among Shulov's goals were to provide a research facility for his students; to gather animals, reptiles and birds mentioned in the Bible; and, as he wrote in 1951, to break down the 'invisible wall' between the intellectuals on Mount Scopus and the general public