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THE Principal Trustees of the British Museum have appointed Mr. David Dilwyn John and Dr. Francis Charles Fraser to be deputy keepers in the Department of Zoology of the British Museum (Natural History). Mr. John, who is forty-six, has been in charge of Recent echinoderms at the Museum since he joined the staff in 1935. He studied zoology in the University of Wales and served during 1925-35 on the scientific staff of the "Discovery" Investigations, during which period he took part in three commissions in Antarctic waters. On the third of them, while he was scientific officer in charge, the Antarctic continent was circumnavigated, chiefly in the winter months. He has been awarded the Polar Medal. During the War he served in the Royal Artillery. Dr. Fraser is forty-four years of age, and served with "Discovery" Investigations during 1925-33, and has received the Polar Medal for three periods of service in the Antarctic. He joined the Museum staff in 1933, since when he has been in charge of the osteological collections, and has made a special study of whales.
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British Museum (Natural History). Nature 161, 270 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161270d0
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