The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge in United Kingdom

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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge
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Type	museum
Founded	1660
Country	United Kingdom
Website	Website
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Zoological department
Elephant department
Record history
History of updates	2021-07-09xx

Latest document update	2021-07-09 07:14:48

Description

The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, United Kingdom , was founded in 1660.

Taxidermy specimens

The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge has in its collection 1 elephantine museum specimens with records in this database:

(Measurements of teeth and body parts follow the system described by Maglio (1973; P = plate number, L = length, W = width, H = height, LF = lamellar frequency)

Blairs elephant Accession nr: . Received: ♀ Blairs elephant
Species: Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
* Born at Asia unspecified location † Dead 1706-04-27 at Abraham Sever
Death: accident Death reason: drowned

Comments / picturesThe Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom\'s national academy of sciences. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as The Royal Society. It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world.

References for records about The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3312. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society

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