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MR. HENRY GASCOYEN MAURICE has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Zoological Society of London, in recognition of his great services to the Society. This Medal has been awarded only three times previously since its foundation in 1877. Mr. Maurice has been a member of the Council of the Zoological society almost continuously since 1926, and was president during 1942–48; since retiring from the office of president he has continued to serve as a vice-president. He took office in the middle of the War at a very critical time in the history of the Society, and it was largely the result of his wise conduct of its meetings that the various difficulties of those years were overcome. Mr. Maurice's long interest in natural history and Nature protection covers a wide range. He was fisheries secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries during 1912–38. His wide knowledge of problems connected with the fishing industry made him an ideal president of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, a position he occupied for eighteen years. On his retirement he was appointed 'presidentd'honneur', and in 1937 awarded the Gold Medal of the Johannes Schmidt Foundation for Oceanographical Research. Since October 1936, he has been secretary of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire, and editor of its journal ; and, in addition, he has taken a very active part in all problems connected with Nature protection. He was in charge of the British delegation to the meeting at Fontainebleau in October last year, which resulted in the foundation of the International Union for the Protection of Nature ; and he was elected a vice-president and member of the executive council of this Union ; Some of Mr. Maurice's fascinating essays on natural history have recently been issued in book form, "Sometimes an Angler"and "The Wisdom of the Ass"
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Zoological Society of London : Mr. H. G. Maurice, C.B. Nature 163, 393 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163393a0
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