Ridiculous History
History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and
Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the
span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by
HowStuffWorks.
October 24, 2019 • 35 min
Born into slavery in the 1700s, John Edmonstone gained his freedom in 1817 and moved to Edinburgh, where he stuffed birds for the Natural Museum and taught taxidermy to a young Charles Darwin. Tune in to learn more about the life and times of the man who not only taught Charles Darwin, but inspired him to explore the planet and, eventually, produce groundbreaking science that would forever change the way we think of the natural world.
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