John Edmonstone
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Freed slave and taxidermist born in British Guiana and resided in Edinburgh
Why Is John Edmonstone Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Edmonstone was a taxidermist and teacher of taxidermy in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was an influential Black Briton. Born into slavery on a wood plantation in Demerara, British Guiana , he was given the surname of his slave-owner, Charles Edmonstone, who owned the plantation and also owned the Cardross Park estate at Cardross, near Dumbarton in Scotland. Around 1812 the plantation was visited by the naturalist Charles Waterton, who spent considerable time teaching John Edmonstone taxidermy.
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