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- see Thomas Haining Gillespie penguins came from South Georgia
Using gifts over many years from the whaling firm, Christian Salvesen, he established a penguin pool which became world famous. It was the first successful breeding and rearing of the King Penguin in a zoological park.[1] They were brought from South Georgia in 1914 and the first chick was born in the Zoo in 1919.[2] The penguins are still a popular feature at the Zoo, bolstered by the 'Penguin Parade' which takes place everyday.[3]
- THG known as Father of EZ?
- see (as well as above) Edinburgh Zoo#History Gillespie retired 1950
- add link to Gillespie
- tag THG copyvio
The society received its Charter in 1913 and in 1948 "was granted by H.M. King George VI the privilege of adding the prefix "Royal" to its name."[4][5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
obitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ T.H. Gillespie, A Book of King Penguins. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1932, ch. III.
- ^ Edinburgh Zoo. Penguin Parda
- ^ Cf. http://www.rzss.org.uk/about-rzss
- ^ Guide to the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Park at Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, 195? , p. 3