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OXFORD.—No honorary degrees were conferred at this year's Encasnia, but on June 29 Mr. Douglas W. Freshfield received the honorary degree of D.C.L. The Public Orator, in presenting Mr. Freshfield, laid especial stress on his advocacy of the claims of geography for full recognition among university studies. He spoke also of Mr. Freshfield's eminence as a mountaineer, of his personal devotion to the theory and practice of geographical science, and of his achievements as a man of letters.
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University and Educational Intelligence . Nature 97, 393–394 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097393a0
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