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1922-
Guide Seller at ZSL London Zoo
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1922-
Labourer at ZSL London Zoo
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1922-
Paper Picker at ZSL London Zoo
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1922-
Book Cleaner at ZSL London Zoo
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1922-
Helper at ZSL London Zoo
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1826-
Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is an international scientific, conservation and educational charity whose mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It runs the Institute of Zoology, conservation projects in more than 50 countries, and two Zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
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1806-1871
Charles Spooner was born in 1806. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 1829 and was appointed as veterinary surgeon to ZSL - a post he held until 1833. His job title was 'medical attendant' and he was paid £60 per annum. For this he has to attend the gardens three times a week, more often if required, and prescribe and examine all animals and keep a record of this work.
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1776-1847
William Youatt was born in 1776, the son of a non-conformist minister. Youatt was appointed medical superintendent at the Gardens on a salary of £100 a year in 1833. He attended the gardens on a part time basis on a Monday and Thursday, and was expected to be ready to attend if any emergency arose, and to perform post mortems on the animals. Youatt had a practice in Wells Street, and founded the publication Veterinarian. He also lectured at London Veterinary College (now RVC). He continued in this post until his death is 1847.
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1846-1879
Alfred Henry Garrod was born in London in 1846. He was the eldest child of Sir Alfred Barring Garrod, an eminent physician of the time. He studied medicine at Kings College London and was elected to St John's College, Cambridge in 1870. He started work as the prosector/anatomist at ZSL in 1871 and held this position until his death in 1879. He was especially interested in the anatomy of birds.
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1881-1969
Robert Thomson Leiper was born in 1881in Kilmarnock, Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow. His main focus of study was helminthology - the study of parasitic flatworms. He founded the Journal of Helminthology in 1923. He was the first professor of helminthology at the University of London and director of these studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - a post he held from 1905 until his retirement in 1947.