Sir David Attenborough's inspiration Charles Waterton's links to slavery
- 2 years ago
Waterton was an inspiration to broadcasting legend Sir David Attenborough, who paid tribute to the naturalist when he came to open the city’s new museum after it was relocated to Wakefield One, on Burton Street, in 2013.
Sir David said at the time: “Charles Waterton was little known not only internationally but, shamefully, in this country too. But he was a great and important figure.
“One of the things that this spectacular building has done is to make a marvellous, beautiful, fascinating museum.
“And within it there is that wonderful reminder of one of the great men who lived close to this city in the nineteenth century.”
But Waterton and his family are believed to have been involved with slavery.
Sarah Cobham shares her findings...
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/top-public-school-asks-yorkshire-museum-for-return-of-taxidermy-collection-admired-by-david-attenborough-it-has-held-since-1967-3808784
Sir David said at the time: “Charles Waterton was little known not only internationally but, shamefully, in this country too. But he was a great and important figure.
“One of the things that this spectacular building has done is to make a marvellous, beautiful, fascinating museum.
“And within it there is that wonderful reminder of one of the great men who lived close to this city in the nineteenth century.”
But Waterton and his family are believed to have been involved with slavery.
Sarah Cobham shares her findings...
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/top-public-school-asks-yorkshire-museum-for-return-of-taxidermy-collection-admired-by-david-attenborough-it-has-held-since-1967-3808784