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THE funeral of Sir William Rarnsay took place at Hazlemere, High Wycombe, on Wednesday, July 26, in the presence of a large and representative gathering comprising very many who had been students of his. The congregation included:—Sir J. J. Thomson and Prof. Emerson Reynolds (representing the Royal Society); Prof. P. G. Donnan, Prof. E. G. Coker, Prof. A. R. Gushny, Prof. G. D. Thane, Prof. J. A. Platt, Dr. S. Smiles, Mr. H. Keene (acting treasurer), and Dr. W. W. Seton (secretary) (representing University College, London); Dr. Alexander Scott, Sir W. Tilden, Sir J. Dobbie, Lieut.-Col. A. Smithells (also representing the University of Leeds), Prof. Liversidge, Prof. J. M. Thomson (also representing King's College, London), Prof. Frankland (also representing the University of Birmingham), Prof. H. E. Armstrong, Prof. J. F. Thorpe, Prof. W. H. Perkin (also representing Magdalen College, Oxford), and Prof. Phillips (representing the Chemical Society); Sir Boverton Redwood, Sir A. Pedler, Lady Napier Shaw, and Mr. R. Mond (representing the British Science Guild); Sir Philip Magnus and Prof. H. Jackson (representing the University of London); Sir Henry Craik, M.P. (representing the University of Glasgow); Prof. Philip and Dr. Schryver (representing the Imperial College of Science and Technology); Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan (representing the University of Bristol); Mr. T. F. Burton (representing the Society of Chemical Industry); Mr. A. Chaston Chapman (representing the Society of Public Analysts); Dr. L. Thorne (representing the Institute of Brewing); Prof. A. M. Worthington, Sir Napier Shaw, Sir Edward and Lady Brabrook, Dr. Veley, Dr. J. A. Harker, Mr. O. Hehner, Dr. W. Gray, Sir J. Mackenzie Davidson, Dr. G. Carey Foster, Dr. G. Senter, Dr. Morris W. Travers, Dr. Lewis Reynolds, Mr. W. Macna'h, Mr. G. McGowan, Dr. J. Scott Keltic, and Mr. and Mrs. R. Priestley. The last-named, it is of interest to note, in addition to paying their personal tribute of respect, represented the family of the great chemist Priestley. We understand that telegrams of condolence were received from the Franklin Society, the New York section of the Society of Chemical Industry, the Principal of Houston University, Texas, and the President of the Instruction Publique de France, also many letters and telegrams from the presidents and secretaries of various learned societies among the Allies, and that a wreath has been, or is being, sent by the Chemical Society of France. The foregoing list, which does not aim at completeness, testifies to the esteem and' affection felt for the great man of science whose remains were laid to rest a week ago.
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The Funeral of Sir William Ramsay . Nature 97, 466 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097466a0
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