This man hired James Dykes to mount an expedition to Africa, but the trip ended up a disaster.
This man hired James Dykes to mount an expedition to Africa, but the trip ended up a disaster. This man founded the journal Novitates Zoologicae because the leading journals of his day did not like his use of Trinomialism. It is thought that this man's former lover Marie Fredenson blackmailed him, forcing him to sell his bird collection to the American Museum of Natural History. This man owned Rotumah, the giant tortoise, who ended up dying from "sexual over-excitation." He classified and names the subtype of giraffe with five ossicones. This man rode in a carriage pulled by Zebras to Buckingham Palace to show that Zebras could be tamed. This man kept his personal collection of animals at Tring. Perhaps more importantly, this man was the recipient of the Balfour Declaration. FTP, name this zoologist and member of a British banking family.
This man hired James Dykes to mount an expedition to Africa, but the trip ended up a disaster.
Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild [prompt on Baron Rothschild]