Kelvin
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome in United Kingdom

Biography

☨ ♂ Kelvin
Kelvin as museum specimen. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 2002 This image is inline deepink from an external server, inline linking does not directly infringe copyright but can be removed on request.
Museum locations
Present / last location:	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1899-00-00	Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, , United Kingdom

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†1899
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

	Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome
Record history
History of updates	2022-04-09

Latest document update	2021-07-13 12:34:28

† Kelvin is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1899 at Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome, in United Kingdom, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in , United Kingdom, since 1899-00-00.

Origin

Kelvin was born wild .

Comments / pictures

This young male Indian Elephant died of natural causes in the Scottish Zoo, Glasgow 1899 and was bought by the museum from EH Bostock for £7. Almost a century later, in August 1997, he was garlanded with ribbons and silks and took part in a procession through Glasgow to mark the 50th anniversary of India's independence.

It is not known what his original name was. Following a competition run by the Evening Times newspaper in 1997, he was named 'Kelvin'.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kelvin, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4601. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/zoos/index.htm

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