Raphie Kaplinsky (1946)
Raphael Malcolm Kaplinsky is an Honorary Professor at the Science Policy Research Unit and an Emeritus Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. In 2024 he…
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Ron Clarke (1937)
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Leah Ward Sears (1955)
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Marianne Heemskerk (1944)
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Stephen Lang (1952)
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