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Telfair, Charles
Person · 1778-1833

Charles Edward Telfair was an Irish botanist and surgeon

Corporate body · 1938-1980

Tel Aviv Zoo was a zoo founded in 1938 and located in central Tel Aviv. The zoo closed in 1980 and the animals were moved to the Zoological Centre of Tel Aviva-Ramat Gan

Person · 1816-1912

William Bernhardt Tegetmeier was an English naturalist, a founding member of the Savage Club, a popular writer and journalist of domestic science. A correspondent and friend of Charles Darwin, Tegetmeier studied pigeon breeds and the optimality of hexagonal honeycomb cells constructed by honeybees. He wrote a number of books dealing with home economics, poultry farming, pigeon breeds, bee-keeping and on the maintenance of livestock

Tee-Van, John
Person · 1897-1967

John Tee-Van was an American ichthyologist and zoologist. He began his career as an apprentice zookeeper at the New York Zoological Park (now the Bronx Zoo) and ended as its General Director

Tecton Group
Corporate body · 1932-1939

The Tecton Group was a radical architectural group co-founded by Berthold Lubetkin, Francis Skinner, Denys Lasdun, Michael Dugdale, Anthony Chitty, Val Harding, Godfrey Samuel and Lindsay Drake in 1932, and disbanded in 1939. The group was one of the leaders in bringing continental modernism to Britain. The group's first commission was the 1932-1934 Gorilla House in London Zoo. After the complete of the gorilla house, the group designed a penguin pool for the zoo, which contained a unique double helix-shaped walkway without immediate supports for the penguins and a large swimming area. They also designed two other zoos: Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire and Dudley Zoo in West Midlands

Taylor, V
Person · 1888-

Red Cross Attendant at ZSL London Zoo