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Authorised form of nameMatthews; Leonard Harrison (1901 - 1986)
Dates1901 - 1986
NationalityBritish
Date of birth12/06/1901
Date of death27/11/1986
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election18/03/1954
Age at election52
SourcesObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1987 vol 33 pp 411-442, plate, by Sir Richard Harrison
References:
G E Fogg, 'The Royal Society and the Antarctic' in NR 2000 vol 54 pp 85-98
Royal Society codeNA4528
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
GLB/65/112/20Brown to L Harrison Matthews, Zoological Society of London 20 April 1963
EC/1954/12Matthews, Leonard Harrison: certificate of election to the Royal Society
GLB/65/112/19L Harrison Matthews, Zoological Society of London to Brown17 April 1963
MDA/C/6/10Papers relating to an award from the Darwin Research Fund to Leonard Harrison Matthews, for Dr E.W. van LennepNovember-December 1954
RR/65/180Referee's report by Julian Sorell Huxley, on a paper 'Visual stimulation and ovulation in pigeons' by Leonard Harrison MatthewsOctober 1938
RR/65/181Referee's report by Francis Hugh Adam Marshall, on a paper 'Reproduction in the spotted hyaena, Crocuta crocuta (erxleben)' by Leonard Harrison MatthewsNovember 1938
RR/72/191Letter from D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on a paper 'Reproduction in the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (gunner)' by Leonard Harrison Matthews to John Zachary Young12 July 1949
RR/72/192Referee's report by John Zachary Young, on a paper 'Reproduction in the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (gunner)' by Leonard Harrison Matthews 1949
RR/72/190Referee's report by Alan Sterling Parkes, on a paper 'Reproduction in the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus (gunner)' by Leonard Harrison MatthewsJune 1949
RR/65/182Referee's report by Richard Higgins Burne, on a paper 'Reproduction in the spotted hyaena, Crocuta crocuta (erxleben)' by Leonard Harrison MatthewsDecember 1938
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