Showing 4525 results

Sir George Cornewall Lewis was a British statesman and man of letters. He is best known for preserving neutrality in 1862 when the British cabinet debated intervention in the American Civil War

Raja Rajendra Mullick was an Indian art lover and philanthropist. He was the scion of the Mullick family of Chorbagan and built the Marble Palace of Kolkata. When the Zoological Gardens was set up in 1876, he donated many birds and animals from his personal collection. They were kept in a house named the Mullick House inside the zoo