Thomas Haining Gillespie
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1876 – 1967
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Who was Thomas Haining Gillespie?
Thomas Haining Gillespie was a Scottish solicitor, zoological administrator, and broadcaster. He was the founder of Edinburgh Zoo and of its parent organisation the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. As a broadcaster on the children's radio programme Children's Hour he was known as "the zoo man", giving talks and answering questions on zoological matters.
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- Born
- Oct 3, 1876
Dumfries - Spouses
- Becky Gardiner
(1949/03/15 - )
- Becky Gardiner
- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Died
- Aug 3, 1967
Edinburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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