Rudolph Carl Bigalke

Who is Rudolph Carl Bigalke?

Rudolph Carl Bigalke, was a zoologist, a director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, subsequently heading the Department of nature conservation at the University of Stellenbosch and serving for several terms as Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at that university. He was born in Kimberley on 24 February 1932 and died on 28 November 2002 at his home in Stellenbosch. He was affectionately known as 'Rudi' and also had the nickname 'Loxodonta africana'.