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The first known aquarists were called Sumerians almost 4500 years ago.
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People in England kept Goldfish in glass vessels in the 1700s
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French-born naturalist Jeanne Villepreux-Power invented the first recognizable glass aquarium in 1832.
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Anne Thynne was able to keep Seaweed and coral for almost 3 years in 1846.
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The first aquarium for publice display was in Regent's Park in London in 1853
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in 1908 the first mechanical air pump was invented, it ran off of running water, not electricity.
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there were around 45 public or commercial aquariums by 1928 but the development slowed till after WW2
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The first large aquarium (Oceanarium) was in St. Augustine. It opened in 1938 and even had dolphins