Between republicans and freemasons: A lost zoological collection found in a very particular school

João Lourenço Monteiro

doi:10.1016/j.endeavour.2018.07.011

Between republicans and freemasons: A lost zoological collection found in a very particular school

Endeavour. 2018 Dec;42(4):196-199. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2018.07.011. Epub 2018 Sep 28.

Author

João Lourenço Monteiro¹

Affiliation

¹ CIUHCT - Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal. Electronic address: jfl.monteiro@fct.unl.pt.

PMID: 30274679
DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2018.07.011

Abstract

A lost zoological collection was found in an old school in Lisbon, Portugal. Taxidermied animals, fauna preserved in glass jars, skeletons, and fossilized shells were all part of this collection. The research showed that those animals were used by libertarian teachers in science classes in a school created by republicans and freemasons in the transition from the 19th to the 20th century.

Keywords: Escola-Oficina N°1; Freemasonry; Natural history; Sciences; Zoological Collection.