THE FIRST COLLECTORS OF NATURAL CURIOSITIES
The Parish Church of St. Mary, Lambeth, in South- London, stands on a site that has been devoted to Christian worship since the seventh century. The main portion of the church was rebuilt in 1851, blit the old fourteenthcentury tower remains standing to-day. In the ancient churchyard a massive old altar tombstone adorned with quaint carvings of rare animals, birds, fishes, etc., marks the burial-place of three John Tradcscants; father, soil, and grandson', who were the first wellknown collectors of . natural curiosities in England. Their house 'in Lambeth was filled with specimens gathered from all parts of the world. These eventually formed the nucleus of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 13 July 1929, Page 2
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