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No British statesman of our times is more closely associated with scientific activities, or has done more to promote scientific interests, than Sir Arthur Balfour, upon whom the King conferred the honour of knighthood a few weeks ago and invested him with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. We notice therefore, with much satisfaction the announcement that the King has been pleased to approve that the dignity, of an Earldom of the United Kingdom be conferred upon him. Sir Arthur Balfour was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1888 and was president of the British Association at the Cambridge meeting in 1904. He has been Lord Rector of St. Andrews University and of Glasgow University, is Chancellor of Edinburgh University, and in 1919 he succeeded his brother-in-law, the late Lord Rayleigh, as Chancellor of Cambridge University. He is president of the British Academy, and Lord President of the Council, and by the latter office is concerned with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, in the work of which he takes active interest. Sir Arthur Balfour possesses a sure faith that no attempt to acquire and improve knowledge is vain, and a reasoned belief in the power of science to help and elevate mankind. He is a peer among philosophers and a trusted leader among statesmen, and the honour which has now been conferred upon him has given particular pleasure to all who work for social, intellectual, and scientific progress.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 109, 526–528 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109526a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109526a0