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unusual facts about Hamlyn's Monkey


Hamlyn's monkey

The name "Hamlyn's monkey" and the scientific epithet "hamlyni" come from the animal dealer who first brought this species to the London Zoo.


Albertine Rift montane forests

The rare Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) survives only in this ecoregion as do L'Hoest's Monkey and a sub-species of Hamlyn's Monkey as well as many species of butterflies, and birds including Grauer's Warblers, Chapin's Flycatchers, and the Ruwenzori Turaco.

Dave Willetts

He came to the attention of Bob Hamlyn, artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, in Coventry after his sensitive and emotional portrayal of Charlie Gordon in the Charles Strouse musical, Flowers for Algernon.

Dermot Power

"Book of the Dead" (with Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #859-866, 1993, tpb, Hamlyn, 1996, ISBN 0-7493-9692-X)

Ellen Trout Zoo

Animals that visitors will see at the zoo include DeBrazza's Monkey, Kestrel, Russell's Viper, Jaguar, Jamaican Fruit Bat, Galapagos Tortoise, Fly River Turtle, Bontebok, Sulcata tortoise, Ruddy Duck, Malayan Tapir, Spectacled Owl, Chilean Flamingo, Toco Toucan, Saki Monkeys, Cotton-top Tamarin, Alligator, River Otter, Hippopotamus, Bali Mynah, Clouded Leopard, Maasai Giraffe, and White Rhinoceros.

Henry Kingsley

He was an early exponent of Muscular Christianity in his 1859 work The Recollections Of Geoffrey Hamlyn.

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Two annual conferences hosted by the IALS are the W. G. Hart Workshop and the Hamlyn Lectures series.

Paul Newland

He has won numerous prizes, including the RPS Composition Prize 1990, a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award in 1993, and in 1995 he was awarded the Royal Academy of Music's Josiah Parker Prize by György Ligeti.

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions is a book by Mark Lewisohn, first published in 1988 by Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group), and executive produced by Norman Bates for the record company EMI.


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