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Rothschild, Nathaniel Charles
Rothschild, Nathaniel Charles
Person · 1877-1923

Nathaniel Charles Rothschild was an English banker and entomologist and a member of the Rothschild family. He is remembered for The Rothschild List, a list he made in 1915 of 284 sites across Britain that he considered suitable for nature reserves. He devoted much of his energies to entomology and natural history collecting. His enormous collection of some 260,000 fleas in now in the Rothschild Collection at the Natural History Museum. He described about 500 new flea species
Rotterdam Zoo
Corporate body · 1857-

Diergaarde Blijdorp, officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of Rotterdam. It is one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands and has been operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde (Royal Rotterdam Zoo Foundations). In 1855, a garden was set up for pheasants and waterfowl in the centre of Rotterdam, near the Kruiskade. It was a success and on May 18th 1857, the Rotterdamsche Diergaarde was opened as a sequel. The first director was the animal trainer Henri Martin. The same year the Vereniging Rotterdamsche Diergaarde was founded. In 1932 it was decided to reorganise the zoo. In 1937 it was decided to move the zoo to a new location
Rouse, W
Person · -1939

Porter in the Catering Department at ZSL London Zoo
Rowe, Albert
Person · 1896-

Gatekeeper at ZSL London Zoo
Rowley, George Dawson
Person · 1822-1878

George Dawson Rowley was an English amateur ornithologist who published a series called Ornithological Miscellany in which he reprinted notes on bird studies of the time
Rowley, Phyllis
Person · 1906-

Toilet Attendant at ZSL London Zoo