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FEW if any of the men interested in education since the days of the War have been better known to the vice-chancellors and treasurers of the universities of Great Britain than the late Sir William McCormick. None has had so complete a knowledge of their financial difficulties and of the disastrous effects on educational efficiency of their want of means, and no one has done more to help than he, by his sympathetic treatment of the problems placed before him, his wise advice based on his long experience, and his cordial appreciation of the value of the efforts made to fit the universities for their task, whether it be that of advancing knowledge, or of educating the students that fill their lecture rooms and laboratories. To all, his death on Mar. 22 means a very heavy loss.
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G., R. Sir William McCormicK, G.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 125, 569–571 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125569a0
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