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MR. DOUGLAS J. P. BERRIDGE, who died on Nov. 11 after an operation in London, spent nearly the whole of his life as senior science master at Malvern College. The eldest son of Mr. Thomas Berridge, solicitor, of Leicester, he went up to Wadham College, Oxford, and took honours in natural science in 1892. He was for a short time a master at Dulwich, before his appointment to Malvern in 1893. At that time science was almost unknown as a school subject, and Berridge was one of the pioneers of science teaching. The proposal to found a Science Masters' Association originated in 1900, when a letter was sent out from Eton to the science masters in 57 schools. The result was the Association of Public School Science Masters, which later became the Science Masters' Association. Berridge was one of the original members, and in 1907 was appointed secretary, holding the post for the maximum period of four years. He served for several years as secretary of the Section of Educational Science of the British Association, and also as recorder of the Section. To the end of his life, and in spite of serious ill-health, Berridge remained an indefatigable worker, always wanting to undertake more than his fair share of common duties in school or in committees. Enthusiastic and often inspiring as a teacher, he included F. W. Aston among his pupils. As a housemaster at Malvern he quickly won the devotion of his boys, many generations of whom will remember his example with affection. Increasing ill-health finally compelled his retirement in April 1927.
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Obituaries. Nature 122, 969 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122969c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122969c0