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DR. FINLAY LORIMER KITCHEN was appointed palæontologist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain in 1905. He was attacked by sudden illness on January 17, 1934, and died in St. Thomas's Hospital on January 20. The post which he held for nearly thirty years was one which required an accurate and wide know ledge of the whole field of palaeontological science, and he filled it with distinction and marked success. As a successor to such eminent men of science as Huxley, Salter, Etheridge, Shannon and Newton, he recognised the necessity of maintaining a high standard of performance and in no respect did his endeavours sink below the level of his predecessors.
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F., J. Dr. F. L. Kitchin, F.R.S. Nature 133, 350–351 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133350a0
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