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Jim Simons is a quaternary palaeontologist specialising in cave fauna, who worked at the Natural History Museum until circa 2010. He donated several Horse specimens to John Cooper in the 1960s.
palaeontologist (active circa 1960 - present)
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
If you have any further information about objects in our collections or can suggest corrections to our information, please contact us: enquiry@horniman.ac.uk
