Thomas Haining Gillespie Writer

Thomas Haining Gillespie (3 October 1876 – 3 August 1967) was a Scottish solicitor, zoological administrator, and broadcaster. He was the founder of Edinburgh Zoo and of its parent organisation the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. As a broadcaster on the children's radio programme Children's Hour he was known as "the zoo man", giving talks and answering questions on zoological matters.

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PseudonymT. H. Gillespie
Birth dateOctober 03, 1876
Birth place
Dumfries
Date of deathAugust 03, 1967
Place of death
Edinburgh

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Zoology

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