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THE death of Dr. Andrew Me William, which occurred on April 5, came as a shock to a large circle of friends and former pupils, and deprives the steel world of a metallurgist of great knowledge and wide experience. A native of Galloway, Dr. McWilliam was educated at Allan Glen's School, Glasgow, and at the Royal School of Mines, of which he became an Associate. On leaving South Kensington, he entered the Sheffield Technical School, afterwards incorporated with the University of Sheffield, but later he left to take up in succession several outside posts. Returning to Sheffield, he was first appointed lecturer, and then assistant professor, in metallurgy and began that long association with Dr. Arnold in the development of the University as a centre of metallurgical education and research. Besides the work of training chemists and managers for the steel industry of the city, the two collaborators published numerous papers containing important contributions to metallurgy, and were always ready to assist local manufacturers by advice, by conducting special investigations, and when necessary by defending their patent rights against attacks.
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Dr. Andrew McWilliam, C.B.E. Nature 109, 557–558 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109557b0
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