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WE are particularly glad to see the names of Prof. C. S. Sherrington and Prof. W. A. Herdman in the list of New Year honours. Prof. Sherrington, who has been appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire {G.B.E.), is the president of the Royal Society, and is,to be president of the British Association for the meeting to be held in Hull In September next; and Prof. Herdman, who has received the honour of knighthood, vacated the presidential chair at the Edinburgh meeting last year. The two leading British scientific organisations are thus most appropriately represented in the honours list. Other honours included in the list are:—Knighthoods: Prof. G. E. Cory, professor of chemistry, Rhodes University College, Grahamstown; Dr. G. S. Buchanan, Senior Medical Officer Ministry of Health; and Dr. J. H. Parsons, F.R.S. K.C.I.E.: Sir John Biles, professor of naval architecture, University of Glasgow. C.M.G.: Dr. R. T. Paton, Director-General of Public Health and President of the Board oof Health, New South Wales.
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Notes. Nature 109, 20–24 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109020a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109020a0