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and elephant ecology. Laws spent a year as
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278:the nine remaining Tsavo herds. Protests led by
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653:. British Antarctic Survey Club. Archived from
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245:in 1947, where he investigated the ecology of
241:Laws started his career as a zoologist on the
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508:The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Biography
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503:"Laws, Richard Maitland 1926–"
298:St Edmund's College, Cambridge
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205:from 1973 to 1987; Master of
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692:Zoological Society of London
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475:Who's Who & Who Was Who
431:"In Brief: The Polar Medal"
329:Order of the British Empire
261:(1955–61) where he studied
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217:Education and early life
203:British Antarctic Survey
169:British Antarctic Survey
1043:People from Whitley Bay
951:Walter Thompson Welford
621:"Utenlandske medlemmer"
480:Oxford University Press
164:University of Cambridge
106:University of Cambridge
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312:In 1954, Laws won the
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189:Richard Maitland Laws
69:Richard Maitland Laws
314:Bruce memorial prize
251:South Orkney Islands
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683:John Guest Phillips
323:Laws was elected a
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603:University of Bath
554:on 6 December 2013
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308:Awards and honours
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359:References
350:Laws prize
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787:Paul Cohn
413:0080-4606
381:Boyd, Ian
320:in 1975.
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