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President of the Section of Comparative Medicine at the Royal Society of Medicine

Helper, then Keeper

Morton Allport was an English-born Australian colonial naturalist. His work added largely to the knowledge of the zoology and botany of Tasmania. He was an authority on Tasmanian fish and catalogued, described and drew pictures of his specimens. He was a leader in the introduction of salmon and trout to Tasmanian waters and also introduced the white water-lily and the perch. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and of the Zoological Society of London. He was vice-president of the Royal Society of Tasmania

Gate Keeper at ZSL London Zoo