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MUCH satisfaction is felt in scientific circles that the Prince of Wales has consented to occupy the presidential chair of the British Association for the meeting to be held at Oxford next year, either from July 28 to August 4, or from August 4 to August u. At a meeting of the General Committee of the Association on Friday, March 6, Sir Ernest Rutherford, who was in the chair, reported that the Prince had intimated his willingness to accept the presidency; and he was, therefore, nominated by the Council to the Committee and elected unanimously. The Prince Consort was president of the Association for the meeting held at Aberdeen in 1859, but since then no other member of the Royal Family has filled that office. British science is greatly honoured by the consent of the Prince of Wales to act as president, and his knowledge of the resources and needs of the Empire is so extensive that whatever he may say in his address at the Oxford meeting will have wide influence upon both science and the community.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 115, 389–393 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115389d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/115389d0