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Calcott, Ivy Ruby
Person · 1909-

Zoo Shop Assistant at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Calcutta Zoo
Corporate body · 1875

The Zoological Garden, Alipore (also informally called the Alipore Zoo or Kolkata Zoo) is India's oldest formally stated zoological park.

The zoo had its roots in a private menagerie established by the Governor General of India, Richard Wellesley, established around 1800 inn his summer home at Barrackpore near Kolkata, as part of the Indian Natural History Project. The first superintendent of the menagerie was the Scottish physician zoologist Francis Buchanan-Hamilton. Sir Stamford Raffles visited the menagerie in 1810, and doubtless used come aspects of the menagerie as an inspiration for London Zoo

Calderon, Philip Hermogenes
Person · 1833-1898

Philip Hermogenes Calderon was a British painter of French birth (mother) and Spanish (father) ancestry who initially worked in the Pre-Raphaelite style before moving towards historical genre. He was Keeper of the Royal Academy in London

Callegari, George Albert
Person · 1922-

Deputy Assistant Manager in the Catering Department at ZSL London Zoo