# John Edmonstone

> freed slave and taxidermist born in British Guiana and resided in Edinburgh

**Wikidata**: [Q129125](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129125)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edmonstone)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/john-edmonstone


## References

1. [Natural History Museum](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/john-edmonstone-the-man-who-taught-darwin-taxidermy.html)
2. [Source](https://www.linnean.org/the-society/news/2018/10/02/the-man-who-taught-charles-darwin-taxidermy)
3. [Source](https://www.blackinnhms.org/post/john-edmonstone)
4. [Source](https://africhroyale.com/john-edmonstone/)
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. [Source](https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/features/john-edmonstone-enslaved-man-to-free-as-a-bird-stuffer)