Leonard Harrison MatthewsFRS[1] (12 June 1901 – 27 November 1986) was a British zoologist, especially known for his research and writings on
marine mammals.[2]
As well as numerous scientific papers and reports, Matthews also authored several books about his experiences in South Georgia. His publications include:
1931 – South Georgia, the Empire's Sub-Antarctic Outpost. John Wright & Sons: Bristol.
1934 – The Marine Deposits of the Patagonian Continental Shelf. (Discovery Reports). Cambridge University Press.
1937 – The Humpback whale, Megaptera Nodosa, (Discovery reports). Cambridge University Press.
1938 – The Sei whale, Balaenoptera Borealis. (Discovery reports). Cambridge University Press.
1938 – Notes on the Southern Right whale, Eubalaena Australis. (Discovery reports). Cambridge University Press.
1938 – The Sperm whale, Physeter Catodon. (Discovery reports). Cambridge University Press.
1939 – Reproduction in the Spotted Hyena. Cambridge University Press, for the Royal Society.
1951 – Wandering Albatross: Adventures among the Albatrosses and Petrels in the Southern Ocean. London. Macgibbon & Kee, with Reinhardt & Evans: London.
1952 – The British Amphibia and Reptiles. (Field study books series). Methuen: London.
1952 – British mammals. (New Naturalist 21). Collins: London.
1952 – Sea Elephant: The Life and Death of the Elephant Seal. MacGibbon & Kee: London.
1956 – The sexual skin of the Gelada Baboon (Theropithecus gelada). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.
1962 – History of Pharmacy in Britain. E. & S. Livingstone: Edinburgh.
1963 – The Senses of Animals. (With Maxwell Knight). Scientific Book Club: London.
1968 – The Whale. Allen & Unwin: London.
1969-1971 – The Life of Mammals. (2 vols). Weidenfeld & Nicolson: London.
1973 – Charles Waterton: Wanderings in South America. (Editor and Introduction). Oxford University Press: Oxford.
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1975 – Man and Wildlife. (Biology and Environment series). Croom Helm: London.
1977 – Penguin. Adventures among the Birds, Beasts and Whalers of the Far South. Peter Owen: London.
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1978 – The Natural History of the Whale. Weidenfeld and Nicolson: London.
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1979 – The Seals and the Scientists. Peter Owen: London.
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1982 – Mammals in the British Isles. (New Naturalist 68). Collins: London.
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