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THE King's birthday honours list, publication of which was delayed on account of the General Strike, was issued on July 3. It includes the following distinctions conferred in recognition of scientific services or association with scientific work:—Privy Councillor: Sir Halford Mackinder—chairman of the Imperial Shipping and Imperial Economic Committees and first Principal of University College, Reading, now the University of Reading. K.B.E.: Sir Frank W. Dyson, Astronomer Royal; Prof. W. Somerville, late Sib-thorpian professor of rural economy, University of Oxford. D.B.E.: Dr. Mary A. D. Scharlieb, consulting gynaecologist, Royal Free Hospital. Knights: Colonel H. G. Lyons, Director and Secretary of the Science Museum; Dr. Brajendra Nath Seal, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore. C.B. (Civil Division): Dr. G. C. Simpson, Director of the Meteorological Office; Mr. F. E. Smith, Director of Scientific Research, Admiralty. C.M.G.: Dr. A. W. Hill, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Mr. J. O. Shircore, Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, Tanganyika Territory. C.B.E.: Mr. A. Abbott, Chief Inspector of Technical and Continuation Schools, Board of Education. O.B.E.: Mr. E. W. Wallis, secretary of the Royal Sanitary Institute. I.S.O.: Mr. D. d'E. de Charmoy, Assistant Director and Entomologist, Agricultural Department, Mauritius; Mr. A. R. Wright, assistant comptroller, Patent Office.
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News and Views. Nature 118, 57–61 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118057a0
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