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Matthews, Leonard Harrison
Person · 1901-1986

Leonard Harrison Matthews was a British Zoologist, especially known for his research and writings on marine mammals.

Matthews was born in Bristol, and attended Bristol Grammar School. He studied biological sciences at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a first-class degree in 1922. He was involved with the British Colonial Office backed Discovery Investigations from 1924 to 1929, during which he was largely based on the subantarctic island of South Georgia studying the biology of whales and southern elephant seals. He then held an academic position at the University of Bristol. During the Second World War he worked on radio communications and radar. He served as Scientific Director of the Zoological Society of London from 1951-1966.

Matthews, Lilly
Person · 1895-

Housekeeper in the Bothy at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Matthews, Stephen
Person · 1915-

Assistant Architect at ZSL London Zoo

Maude, R W
Person · fl 1890-1891
Maurice, Henry Gascoyne
Person · 1874-1950

Henry Gascoyne Maurice was President of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea 1920-1938 and President of the Zoological Society of London 1942-1948. He also headed the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture from 1912 and was Fisheries Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1920 until his retirement in 1938, after which he served on the White Fish Commission from its inception in 1938 until its suspension on the outbreak of the Second World War.