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Longmore, Laura was born on January 7, 1916 in East London, Cape, South Africa. England. Daughter of George Gordon Longmore, Matilda May Green.
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Laura Longmore, South African anthropologist. Recipient Arnold Wynne Essay prize, University Cape Town, 1947. Fellow: Royal Commonwealth Society, Royal Geography Society, American Anthropol. Association; member: London Institute of World Affairs, Royal Society of South Africa, International Institute of Differing Civilizations (licentiate).
Education
Bachelor, University Cape Town, South Africa, 1946. Master of Arts, University Cape Town, 1948.
Career
Library. City Library. East London; civil servant Inland Revenue, East London, Pretoria, South Africa. Lecturer University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1949—1960.
Captain WVAF, 1939-1945, South Africa.
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Membership
Fellow: Royal Commonwealth Society, Royal Geography Society, American Anthropol. Association; member: London Institute of World Affairs, Royal Society of South Africa, International Institute of Differing Civilizations (licentiate).
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Married Alfred Edwards (deceased ).
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Religion
Church of England