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As a result of a motor-cycle accident near Aberdeen on July 2, Mr. Alexander Reid has died at the early age of twenty-two years. A young man of great personal charm and scientific promise, he took his degree with honours in mathematics and natural philosophy two years ago at the University of Aberdeen. Since then he has been engaged in teaching and research. His work on the diffraction of cathode rays through thin films of celluloid, a preliminary account of which appeared in NATURE a year ago, has attracted wide interest. By a melancholy coincidence his definitive paper appeared in the Proceedings of the Royal Society within a day or two of his death. His re-remarkable success in the short time allowed him makes his early death peculiarly tragic, and his lovable nature had endeared him to all who knew him.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 122, 103 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122103a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122103a0