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Leonard Harrison
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He studied biological sciences at Cambridge University.
Career
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 to 1966.
1954 – Fellow of the Royal Society.
Achievements
Membership
Royal Society.
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November 27, 1986 (aged 85) -
Nationality
United Kingdom