Nicholas Aylward Vigors was an Irish zoologist and politician. He popularized the classification of birds on the basis of the quinarian system.
Painting, oil on canvas, of a toucan by Vigors, 1831
Vigors described the "Sabine's snipe", shown here in a woodcut from Bewick's British Birds, in 1825.
Plaques to Vigors in Leighlinbridge
Zoological Society of London
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained London Zoo, and since 1931 Whipsnade Zoo.
Sir Joseph Banks' house was the initial meeting place for the Zoological Society
Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Main Building by John Belcher and John James Joass
Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Main Building, Entrance
Plan of the Zoological Society of London (1829)