The Tay Whale, known locally as the Monster, was a humpback whale that swam into the Firth of Tay of eastern Scotland in 1883. It was harpooned in a hunt...
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"The Famous Tay Whale" is a poem by William Topaz McGonagall about the Tay Whale, also known as the Monster, a humpback whale hunted and killed in 1883...
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and the Tay Whale". Archived from the original on 2005-11-11. Retrieved 2008-06-19. Williams, M. J. (1996). "Professor Struthers and the Tay whale". Scottish...
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a "huge blast of air". Globster Tay Whale Exploding animal colliek2 (February 2022). "The Case of the Exploding Whale « Extension's Sustainable Tourism...
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William McGonagall (section Tay Bridge Disaster)
his work. He wrote about 200 poems, including "The Tay Bridge Disaster" and "The Famous Tay Whale", which are widely regarded as some of the worst in...
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Struthers was famous for his dissection of the "Tay Whale", a humpback whale that appeared in the Firth of Tay, was hunted and then dragged ashore to be exhibited...
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List of individual cetaceans (redirect from Famous whales)
Home Humphrey the Whale Migaloo The Montreal whale Mister Splashy Pants Tay Whale Bonnet, Crossbeak, and Bone or Putu, Siku, and Kanik (in Inupiaq), or...
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History of Dundee (section Tay Bridge Disaster)
trading company for the Tay Whale Fishing Company, was lost in the Cumberland Sound. The Tay estuary was the location of the first Tay rail bridge, built by...
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extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. The sperm whale is a pelagic mammal with...
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Scottish placenames in South Africa). Olna Firth, Shetland Tay Whale The Famous Tay Whale, a poem by William Topaz McGonagall John Sen Inches Thomson...
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70 research papers, and became famous for his public dissection of the Tay Whale. From 1822 the Royal College of Surgeons regulated the teaching of anatomy...
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the Scottish "poet and tragedian" William McGonagall's work, The Famous Tay Whale was written for the second of Gerard Hoffnung's music festivals in 1958...
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wanders through the stage blasting several patriotic songs The Famous Tay Whale by Mátyás Seiber (text by William McGonagall) Declaimed by Edith Evans)...
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within Pittencrieff Park). Sir John Struthers, who dissected and drew the Tay Whale, was an anatomist and professor of medicine. He was born and brought up...
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the oceans, marine life and being the first scientific investigation into whale populations. From 1929 to 1931 Discovery served as the base for the British...
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House 1894-10 More Poetic Gems 1962 The Famous Tay Whale 1884-01 Poetic Gems [First Series] 1890 Tay Whale The First Grenadier of France 1887-08 Poetic...
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Edinburgh from the Grass Market John Struthers (at left, in top hat) with the Tay Whale at John Woods' yard, Dundee, 1884, photographed by Wilson Queen Victoria...
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Dundee Royal Arch Royal Dundee Liff Hospital RRS Discovery Tay Bridge disaster Tay Whale Tayside House Timeline of Dundee history Timex strike Verdant...
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the worship of whales. This practice is common in Vietnamese folk religion, where it is known as Cá Ông. In Vietnamese religion, whales are believed to...
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1941), British actor John Woods, a Scottish showman who exhibited the Tay Whale around Britain in the 1880s John Woods (Pennsylvania politician) (1761–1816)...
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married Sir John Struthers, best known for his drawings of the beached Tay whale; Margaret Agnes (1841–1911) married John Ivor Murray, who built a hospital...
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Dundee Royal Arch Royal Dundee Liff Hospital RRS Discovery Tay Bridge disaster Tay Whale Tayside House Timeline of Dundee history Timex strike Verdant...
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Dundee Royal Arch Royal Dundee Liff Hospital RRS Discovery Tay Bridge disaster Tay Whale Tayside House Timeline of Dundee history Timex strike Verdant...
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Dundee Royal Arch Royal Dundee Liff Hospital RRS Discovery Tay Bridge disaster Tay Whale Tayside House Timeline of Dundee history Timex strike Verdant...
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last execution of a witch – Grissel Jaffray in 1669. Malcolm Archibald's Whales for a Wizard which won in 2005 was an adventure story based around the whaling...
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J.W.; Ooi, Seng Keat; Tay, Serene H.X.; Kubodera, Tsunemi (5 April 2019). "Diet and mitochondrial DNA haplotype of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus)...
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Brigade is founded in Glasgow. November–December – the Tay Whale (a humpback) appears in the Firth of Tay; on 31 December it is harpooned but escapes, dying...
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Brothers had taken seven whales before she was lost. In all, Princess Charlotte boiled 150 tons of oil. In 1821, the Tay Whale Fishing Company paid the...
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"Dead sperm whale found near Jurong Island". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2016-02-07. Chua, Marcus A.H.; Lane, David J.W.; Ooi, Seng Keat; Tay, Serene H...
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Beauly. Firth of Tay (estuary of the River Tay). Places: Perth, Dundee, Monifieth, Tayport, Newport on Tay, Newburgh, Fife. Rivers: Tay, Earn. Headland:...
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