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THE few remaining British men of science whose memories extend back to 1862, in reviewing that long period of the past, never lose from the mental vision one remarkable figure. The occasion of the International Exhibition in that year afforded an opportunity by which a young English chemist sprang into sudden fame. The discovery of a new element, however remarkable its properties, would, perhaps, not have proved sufficient to rouse the interest of a mid-Victorian public, but the method of spectrum analysis used in its discovery being then new, coupled with the award of a medal to the exhibit, brought thallium and its discoverer very prominently into notice. The great scientific career thus begun nearly sixty years ago is now closed by the death of Sir William Crookes on Friday, April 4, not only full of years and honours, but also busy in the laboratory to the last.
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T., W. Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S. . Nature 103, 109–110 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103109a0
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