George Shaw (academic dress scholar)
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Dr '''George Wenham Shaw''' (usually published as "G.W.Shaw") (28 April 1928 - 27 November 2006) was a biologist and leading [[United Kingdom|British]] expert on [[academic dress]]. He designed the academic robes for the [[University of Bath]] UK, [[Trent University]], Ontario and [[Universidad Simón Bolívar]], Venezuela.
Shaw was also a patron of the [[Burgon Society]].
== Bibliography ==
*''Academical Dress of British Universities'' (Heffer, Cambridge, 1966)
*''Cambridge University Academical Dress'' (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990; and ''with notes on Oxford academical dress'' 1992)
*''Academical Dress of British and Irish Universities'' (Phillimore, Chichester, 1995)
*co-author of ''The Degrees and Hoods of the World's Universities and Colleges'' (5th edition, 1972)
*''Lancing: A Pictorial history'' (Phillimore, London, 1982)
*compiler of ''Cytology, genetics and evolution'' (J Murray, London, 1972)
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