Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Krokotopia – Alfred Rothchild

Alfred Rothchild – Alfred de Rothschild

http://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Alfred_Rothchild#ixzz7X9JCz200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_de_Rothschild

A researcher with the Royal Expedition, Alfred needs help recovering notes of vital importance that were scattered by attacking Kroks.

Deep cut as to why this Edwardian gentleman gets a Krokotopian namesake, please bear with me:
As a young man, Alfred attended King’s College School, Wimbledon, and subsequently Trinity College, Cambridge, where he would study Mathematics for two terms. It was at Trinity College that Alfred formed a lasting friendship with the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.

Alfred de Rothschild probably had an illegitimate child from a long-term relationship with a Mrs. Maria (“Mina”) Boyer Wombwell. The birth certificate states her father as “Frederick C. Wombwell”, but Alfred always acted as her guardian, and the girl’s name, Almina, suggests the combination of “Al” and “Mina”.

On his death, Alfred left a large part of his estate to her. It was Almina’s money that financed her husband’s Egyptian excavations that finally led to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.

This is the fortieth article chronicling the #W101PopCulture references starting in Wizard City and the ninteenth for Krokotopia. The current list of all the (known) Krokotopia references can be found here. These articles were originally put together for a Facebook group I belong to. Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Alfred Rothchild image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Caricature of Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842-1918) by Leslie Ward – Published in Vanity Fair, 31 May 1884.
The author died in 1922, so this work is in the public domain.

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.