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Belle Vue Zoo
Corporate body · 1836-1977

Belle Vue Zoo was a zoo in Manchester between 1836-1977. It was opened by John Jennison, who was a part time gardener and kept a small aviary at home – which formed the beginnings of the Zoo – the first privately financed in England

Bellamy, Dr David James
Person · 1933-2019

David James Bellamy was an English Botanist, television presenter, author and environmental campaigner

Bell, Thomas
Person · 1792-1880

Thomas Hornsey Bell was an English zoologist, dental surgeon and writer, born in Poole, Dorset, England. Bell, like his mother Susan, took a keen interest in natural history which his mother also encouraged in his younger cousin Philip Henry Gosse. Heread more

Behrens, Edward Michael
Person · 1911-1989

Edward Michael Behrens was a British financier, banker, stockbroker and restaurant and gallery owner, who became the co-owner of the Ionian Bank. Through his ownership of the Hanover Gallery, he was an early patron of the artist Francis Bacon

Beechey, Wendy M
Person · fl 1957

Part-Time Assistant in the Education Department at ZSL London Zoo

Beddington, John Rex, Sir
Person · 1945-

Sir John Rex Beddington is a British population biologist and Senior Adviser at the Oxford Martin School, and was previously Professor of Applied Population Biology at Imperial College London, and the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser from 2008read more