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Marlin Perkins
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Birthday: March 28, 1902 (123)
Place of Birth: Carthage, Missouri, USA

Biography

Marlin Perkins came to the St. Louis Zoo in 1926 to work with the reptile collection. He became curator of the Buffalo Zoo in 1938. As director of Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo in 1949, he created the Peabody Award-winning television show Zoo Parade. In 1962 Perkins returned to the St.


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