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Alfred Minall, taxidermistAlfred Minall working on specimens in the shed housing the beginnings of Walter Rothschilds Museum collection, 1890 Date: 1890
Nathan Natty, 1st Baron RothschildLiberal politician, banker, philanthropist and father of Walter Rothschild, he built what became the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum
Horse chestnut tree; Horse-Chesnut tree. Engraving by John Miller, from John Evelyn, Silva; or, A discourse of forest-trees.Page 166. Date: 1776
Nerine: six varieties. Hand-coloured lithograph by G. Severeyns, from Encyclographie du regne vegetal: sertum botanicum: collection de plantes par une societe de botanistes. Volume 7 Date: 1823-37
Nathaniel Charles Rothschild (1877-1923)The younger brother of Tring Museum founder Walter Rothschild, Charles was a keen entomologist, discovering the plague vector flea, Xenopsylla cheopis, in Shendi, Sudan
Rozsika Rothschild (1870-1940)Hungarian baroness, champion tennis player and wife of Charles Rothschild, she resided in Tring Park where the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was founded
Oak tree: branch and constituent parts. Engraving by John Miller, from John Evelyn, Silva; or, A discourse of forest-trees.Page 69. Date: 1776
Dr Karl Jordan (1875-1972)Curator of entomology at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring from 1893, beyond Rothschilds death and up to the transition to the Natural History Museum at Tring in 1938
Emma Rothschild (1844-1935)Mother of Tring Museum founder Walter Rothschild
Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1933Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties
Entomology, W. Rothschild Zoological MuseumThe Museum was bequeathed to the Natural History Museum following Rothschilds death in 1937, along with its unique collections of preserved animals
Ernst Hartert (1859-1933)Curator of ornithology at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring from 1892 to 1930, during which time he also served as Museum Director
Caretaker Fred YoungFred Young was a caretaker and taxidermist at Walter Rothschilds Zoological Museum at Tring in the early 19th Century, succeeding the original caretaker Alfred Minall
Walter Rothschild Bird skin collection, 1932Packed for shipping. The majority of Rothschilds (280, 000 items) bird skin collection was sold the AMNH in New York after he ran into financial difficulties
Alfred Newton (1829-1907), Professor of Comparative Anatomy at Cambridge University in the late 19th Century. Newton was an expert ornithologist and tutored Walter Rothschild in anatomy
Portrait of John Evelyn. Engraving, by F. Bartolozzi. from John Evelyn, Silva; or, A discourse of forest-trees. Frontispiece. Date: 1776
