Alfred St Alban Smith: Donor of Animals and Zoological Society of London Silver Medallist in 1931. Part Two: Life, Times and Family
Malcolm Peaker (noreply@blogger.com)
A rubber plantation in Malaya in the 1920s What do we know of the life of Alfred St Alban Smith, a rubber planter in the Malay States who generated such praise for his efforts to send animals, particularly reptiles, to London zoo in the 1920s and 30s? By searching genealogical sites, including a family tree, and newspapers available online I have managed to build up a timeline of Alfred St Alban Smth’s life, albeit with some gaps. Although there is information that he kept reptiles at what must