Episode 119: Obaysch with John Simons

Knowing Animals

English - June 10, 2019 02:00 - 23 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
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This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by John Simons. John is an Emeritus Professor in history, specialising in the history of animals. John is now retired, but most recently was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Macquarie University in Sydney. We discuss John’s new book ‘Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London’ which has just been published by Sydney University Press.

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