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THIS week Lord Sydenham of Combe, soldier, administrator, and publicist, celebrated his eightieth birthday, and the occasion enabled many friends to proffer their congratulations. Born on July 4, 1848, Lord Sydenham (formerly Sir George Clarke) was educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1868 he entered the Royal Engineers, afterwards seeing much active service, and earning a reputation as an authority on military matters. He had also made a special study of fortification, in regard to which he wrote (1910) a well-known treatise. From 1894 until 1901 he was superintendent of the Royal Carriage Factory, Woolwich, vacating this post on becoming Governor of Victoria. He was raised to the peerage in 1913; and further, in 1917, designated G.B.E. Taking a keen interest in public affairs, Lord Sydenham became chairman of the Royal Commission on Contagious Diseases, 1913–15; afterwards president of the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases. He was president of the British Science Guild from 1917 until 1920. He had been elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1896. Last year Lord Sydenham published an interesting reminiscent book, entitled “My Working Life.”
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[News and Views]. Nature 122, 30–34 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122030a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122030a0