Carl Louis Schwendler

male
engineer, German, telegraph, electrician, kolkata, incandescent light bulb…AliporeZoologicalGardens
Carl Louis Schwendler (1838 - 1882) was a German electrician and one of the first proponents of the Tungsten based incandescent light bulb. He also...
Adwaita

Adwaita

male, deceased (2006)
sanskrit, kolkata, tortoise, carbon dating, AliporeZoologicalGardens, Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Adwaita was the name of a male Aldabra Giant Tortoise in the Alipore Zoological Gardens of Kolkata, India. He was the oldest living animal in...
Ram Brahma Sanyal

Ram Brahma Sanyal

male, deceased (1908)
brahmos, Zookeeper, Naturalist, Indian, kolkata, nature…Zoological Society of London, AliporeZoologicalGardens
Ram Brahma Sanyal (1858 - October 13, 1908) was the first superintendent of the Alipore Zoological Gardens in Kolkata (then Calcutta). He was one...