Reuben David
Indian zoologist and founder of Ahmedabad (Kankaria) zoo
About Reuben David
Lived 1912 – 1989 (aged 76).
Reuben David (19 September 1912 – 24 March 1989) was a zoologist and the founder of the Kankaria Zoo in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Biography He was born into a Bene Israel Jewish family in Ahmedabad. He was a self-taught veterinarian. He was invited by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 1951 to create a zoo in the city. He also founded the Kankaria Zoo (now Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden), the Chacha Nehru Balvatika (Children's Park) and the Natural History Museum, later named after him. He had lost his speech due to cancer.
Australian anthropologist Colin Groves discovered the prehistoric warthog in 1981 and named the Central Asian boar after him, Sus scrofa davidi.
Personal life Author Esther David is his daughter.
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Indian zoologist and founder of Ahmedabad (Kankaria) zoo
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Reuben David was born on 19 September 1912 in Ahmedabad.
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Reuben David died on 24 March 1989.
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