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AGRICULTURAL chemistry has lost a distinguished exponent by the death of PROF. EDWARD KINCH on August 6 at the age of seventy-one. Prof. Kinch was educated at the Grammar School, Henley-on-Thames, and the Royal College of Chemistry, and successively occupied the follow-ing positions:—Chief assistant to the professor of chemistry (the late Sir Arthur Church) at the, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, 1869–73; on chemical staff of Royal School of Mines, 1873–75 superintendent of minerals, India Museum, 1875–76; professor of chemistry, Imperial College of Agriculture, Tokyo, 1876–81; professor of chemistry, Cirencester, 1881–1915, when the Royal Agricultural College closed on account of the war. He published many technical papers on agricultural chemistry, in which he was a leading authority, always distinguished by the soundness of his judgment. As a teacher Prof. Kinch did much for his subject both in this country and in Japan, and he will be remembered with respect and affection by many generations of students and numerous former colleagues. His life was saddened by the premature death of his young wife (a daughter of the late Rev. Geo. Huntington), whom he married in 1889, and after this he led a somewhat retired life. Those privileged to be his intimate friends will not easily forget his many sterling qualities and quiet sense of humour.
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-D., J. [Obituaries]. Nature 105, 784 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105784b0
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