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{{Short description|Indian zoologist (1912–1989)}} | |||
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'''Reuben David''' (19 September 1912<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://estherdavid.com/reuben-david/|title=Reuben David (1912 -1989) - Esther David|work=Esther David|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en-US}}</ref> – 24 March 1989) was a zoologist and the founder of the [[Kankaria]] Zoo in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India. | '''Reuben David''' (19 September 1912<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://estherdavid.com/reuben-david/|title=Reuben David (1912 -1989) - Esther David|work=Esther David|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en-US}}</ref> – 24 March 1989) was a zoologist and the founder of the [[Kankaria]] Zoo in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India. | ||
Reuben David was | == Biography == | ||
Author [[Esther David]] is his daughter. | He was born into a [[Bene Israel]] [[Jews in India|Jewish]] family in Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1" /> He was the youngest son of Joseph David.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qHiAAAAMAAJ&q=Reuben+David+kankaria |title=Gujarat State Gazetteer |publisher=Director, Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State |year=1989 |pages=342 |language=en}}</ref> He was a self-taught veterinarian. He was invited by the [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] in 1951 to create a zoo in the city.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/animal-instinct/1/135113.html|title=Animal instinct|work=intoday.in}}</ref> 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.<ref name="AMC to mark 100th birth anniversary of zoologist Ruben David today" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{cite news |title=Ahmedabad zoo architect Reuben David remembered on 100th birth anniversary |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ahmedabad-zoo-architect-reuben-david-remembered-on-100th-birth-anniversary/1005223/|work=The Indian Express|date=2012-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Amelia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jf7J5gObJ8IC&pg=PT70 |title=The Zoo on the Road to Nablus |date=11 January 2008 |isbn=9781586486587}}</ref> He had lost his speech due to cancer.<ref name=":3" /> He also served as an advisor for Sundervan in Ahmedabad and Indroda Park in [[Gandhinagar]].<ref name="AMC to mark 100th birth anniversary of zoologist Ruben David today" /> | ||
He co-authored ''The Asiatic Lion'' (1991) with M. A. Rashid who was a retired chief conservator of forests under Government of Gujarat.<ref name="AMC to mark 100th birth anniversary of zoologist Ruben David today" /> | |||
He was the Fellow of the Zoological Society (FZS).<ref name=":2" /> He was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1975.<ref name="AMC to mark 100th birth anniversary of zoologist Ruben David today">{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/amc-to-mark-100th-birth-anniversary-of-zoologist-reuben-david-today/1004742/|title=AMC to mark 100th birth anniversary of zoologist Reuben David today|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=2014-02-24}}</ref> | |||
Australian anthropologist [[Colin Groves]] discovered the prehistoric warthog in 1981 and named the Central Asian boar after him, ''[[Central Asian boar|Sus scrofa davidi]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=John |first=Paul |date=2019-09-28 |title=Reuben David's legacy crumbling into oblivion |website=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/reuben-davids-legacy-crumbling-into-oblivion/articleshow/71342556.cms}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Groves |first=Colin P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYQ_AAAAYAAJ&q=Reuben+David+kankaria |title=Ancestors for the Pigs: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Sus |date=1981 |publisher=Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University |isbn=978-0-909596-75-0 |pages=38 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | |||
Author [[Esther David]] is his daughter.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:13, 22 June 2022
Reuben David (19 September 1912[1] – 24 March 1989) was a zoologist and the founder of the Kankaria Zoo in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Biography[edit | edit source]
He was born into a Bene Israel Jewish family in Ahmedabad.[2] He was the youngest son of Joseph David.[3] He was a self-taught veterinarian. He was invited by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 1951 to create a zoo in the city.[2] 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.[4][5][6][7] He had lost his speech due to cancer.[6] He also served as an advisor for Sundervan in Ahmedabad and Indroda Park in Gandhinagar.[4]
He co-authored The Asiatic Lion (1991) with M. A. Rashid who was a retired chief conservator of forests under Government of Gujarat.[4]
He was the Fellow of the Zoological Society (FZS).[8] He was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1975.[4]
Australian anthropologist Colin Groves discovered the prehistoric warthog in 1981 and named the Central Asian boar after him, Sus scrofa davidi.[5][8]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
Author Esther David is his daughter.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Reuben David (1912 -1989) - Esther David". Esther David. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Animal instinct". intoday.in.
- ↑ Gujarat State Gazetteer. Director, Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State. 1989. p. 342.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "AMC to mark 100th birth anniversary of zoologist Reuben David today". Indian Express. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 John, Paul (28 September 2019). "Reuben David's legacy crumbling into oblivion". The Times of India.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ahmedabad zoo architect Reuben David remembered on 100th birth anniversary". The Indian Express. 20 September 2012.
- ↑ Thomas, Amelia (11 January 2008). The Zoo on the Road to Nablus. ISBN 9781586486587.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Groves, Colin P. (1981). Ancestors for the Pigs: Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Genus Sus. Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-909596-75-0.
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