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BY the death of Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering at Harpenden on December 5 English science loses one of its most original and attractive personalities. His death was not unexpected; for more than a year his friends had known that Pickering was in a precarious condition, holding on to life by little more than his courage.
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H., A. Spencer Pickering, F.R.S.. Nature 106, 509–510 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106509a0
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