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THK Royal Society of Edinburgh has been made the residuary legatee of the estate of Mr. Robert Cormack, of Edinburgh, who died on August 13, 1942. The Society is directed to administer this bequest for the purpose of promoting astronomical knowledge and research in Scotland, so far as practicable, on the lines of a memorandum prepared in 1931 by the late Prof. R. A. Sampson, Astronomer Royal for Scotland. The Council, on behalf of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, has accepted the bequest, which represents an amount somewhat over £30,000 ; and, after careful consideration, has approved a general scheme for the administration of the Trust, which will include: (a) research fellowships to be awarded on suitable conditions to students engaged on research in Scottish observatories and to students or graduates of Scottish universities desirous of engaging in research in foreign or Dominion observatories ; (b) the publication of the results of such research ; (c) lectures to be delivered in suitable centres by eminent foreign or Dominion astronomers ; (d) grants in aid of the purchase of special equipment for use in Scottish universities or observatories in research work ; (e) lectures and demonstrations of a more popular character under the auspices of the Scottish educational institutions. A large part of this scheme will not be developed during the War.
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Royal Society of Edinburgh: Robert Cormack Bequest. Nature 152, 130 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152130b0
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