Abraham Dee Bartlett
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Abraham Dee Bartlett was a British
zoologist.
Bartlett had a small natural history
shop near to the British Museum
where he sold the products of his taxidermy
business.
He later became superintendent of London Zoo
from 1859 to 1897. He published numerous articles on the observations he made at the zoo. These were published after his death in two books, Wild Animals in Captivity (1898) and Life among Wild Beasts in 'the Zoo (1900).
He was the father of zoologist Edward Bartlett
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United Kingdom
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zoologist.
Bartlett had a small natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
shop near to the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
where he sold the products of his taxidermy
Taxidermy
Taxidermy is the act of mounting or reproducing dead animals for display or for other sources of study. Taxidermy can be done on all vertebrate species of animals, including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians...
business.
He later became superintendent of London Zoo
London Zoo
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847...
from 1859 to 1897. He published numerous articles on the observations he made at the zoo. These were published after his death in two books, Wild Animals in Captivity (1898) and Life among Wild Beasts in 'the Zoo (1900).
He was the father of zoologist Edward Bartlett
Edward Bartlett
Edward Bartlett was an English ornithologist. He was the son of Abraham Dee Bartlett.Bartlett accompanied Henry Baker Tristram to Palestine in 1863-64, and collected in the Amazon basin and Peru in 1865-69...
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