Walter Rothschild

Born into what was one of the wealthiest families in the world, "Walter Rothschild" became the best known zoologist of his day - and one of Britain's great eccentrics. A benign and enigmatic figure with a boundless enthusiasm for nature, he amassed the largest accumulation of zoological specimens ever collected by one man, establishing his own private Museum in 1892, now the Natural History Museum at Tring.Walter's extraordinary life traversed the fields of politics and finance, as well as zoology, and was packed with both achievement and incident. From his involvement with the Balfour Declaration to his prodigious personal scientific output, Walter's life was anything but commonplace. He went up to Cambridge accompanied by a flock of kiwi, drove a team of zebra down Piccadilly and into the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, and was a victim of blackmail for many years. With the help of evocative photographs Miriam Rothschild has produced a compelling narrative which, while demonstrating her personal admiration and affection for her uncle, does not shy away from the complexities and conflicts this remarkable man faced during his life.

ISBN 0565092286   Pages 432 ISBN13 9780565092283 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 500 Publisher The Natural History Museum   Published in London Imprint The Natural History Museum   Height (mm) 206 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 135 Publication date 01 Feb 2008   Spine width (mm) 28 DEWEY 590.92   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

		Lionel Walter Rothschild - principal events
1		Walter Rothschild
2		Tring is Fairyland
3		Emma, Walter's Mother
4		Emma - The iron apronstrings
5		Walter's Father - The Eminence Blanche
6		Walter's Father - Nobody wanted to touch Lloyd George
7		Because I am so happy, Mama
8		I have nearly driven Althaus out of his senses
9		Who is the pink and gold boy in the corner?
10		I am not a Lieutenant, I am a Captain
11		Please ask Walter
12		Rozsika, Walter's sister-in-law
13		My Museum
14		The rump of our only old male is rather dicky ...
15		The fellow is always right
16		Walter's Curators - Ernst Hartert and the birds
17		Walter's Curators - Karl Jordan and the butterflies
18		Walter's Collectors
19		Walter's Collectors - A. F. R. Wollaston and N. C. Rothschild
20		Walter's Collectors - William Doherty
21		Walter's Collectors - The King of Bulgaria is coming on Friday ...
22		Hurrah! We are off ...
23		The Giants
24		The Rothschilds and animals
25		The Great Row
		More...

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