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WE are glad to see that noteworthy recognition is accorded to science in the New Year honours list which was issued last week. The appointment of Sir James G. Frazer and of Sir Ernest Rutherford to the Order of Merit, an order which was “designed as a special distinction for eminent men and women” and is limited to twenty-four members, will give particular pleasure to scientific workers everywhere. Included among the honours are also the following:- Knights: Prof. John Adams, Professor of Education, University of London, 1902-1922; Prof. R. H. Biffen, Professor of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge University; Mr. G. R. Clarke, Director-General, Posts and Telegraphs, India; Dr. Hari Sing Gour, Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University; Mr. W. B. Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; Prof. F. Gowland Hopkins, Professor of Bio-Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Principal J. C. Irvine, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Andrews; Mr. F. Truby King, Director of the Child Welfare Division of the Department of Health, Dominion of New Zealand; Dr. T. M. Legge, Senior Medical Inspector of Factories; Mr. B. Longbottom, Chairman, British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association; Maj.-Gen. R. C. Macwatt, Director-General, Indian Medical Service; Mr. E. W. Petter, President, British Engineers' Association; Dr. H. J. Waring, Senior Surgeon, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Vice-President, Royal College of Surgeons, Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, 1922-1924. C.I.E.: Mr. H. G. Billson, Chief Conservator of Forests, and Member of the Legislative Council, United Provinces, India. D.B.E. (Civil Division): Miss L. B. Aldrich-Blake, Dean of the London School of Medicine for Women.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 115, 58–61 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115058a0
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