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PROF. J. D. F. GILCHRIST, who died recently in Capetown at the age of sixty years, had been in South Africa for thirty-one years. Gilchrist's early university days were spent at St. Andrews and Edinburgh. At one time he had thought of entering the Presbyterian ministry, but after coming under the influence of inspiring leaders in natural science at St. Andrews and Edinburgh, he definitely resolved to pursue a biological career. After a period at Munich and Zurich, and at biological stations, more especially that of St. Andrews, he was appointed, on the recommendation of the late Sir John Murray, of the Challenger, and of Prof. M—Intosh, St. Andrews, to the position of Government Marine Biologist at the Cape of Good Hope.
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Prof. J. D. F. Gilchrist. Nature 118, 776–777 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118776b0
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