Richard Maitland Laws

Richard Maitland Laws (Fig. 1) died on 7 October 2014. Usually known as known as Dick Laws, his career spanned the world. From his Northumbrian upbringing his career as a zoologist took him via Cambridge University to the Southern Ocean, the cold of Antarctica, the heat of Africa, the Directorship o...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Block, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247414000898
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247414000898
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Summary:Richard Maitland Laws (Fig. 1) died on 7 October 2014. Usually known as known as Dick Laws, his career spanned the world. From his Northumbrian upbringing his career as a zoologist took him via Cambridge University to the Southern Ocean, the cold of Antarctica, the heat of Africa, the Directorship of the British Antarctic Survey and the Mastership of a Cambridge College.