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SIR ROBERT GREIG, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture for Scotland, is about to retire from that position, as he attains his sixtieth year on March 23. He has only held the post for about five years, but that has been long enough for him to prove himself an excellent chief who has backed all scientific development in his Department. After lea ving the University of Edinburgh, Sir Robert was for a time a ranch manager in north-west Canada. After returning to England he was for two years lecturer at the Cheshire Agricultural College, passing on for four years to the Durham College of Science. In 1903-10 he was the Fordyce lecturer in agriculture at the University of Aberdeen. In 1911 he returned south to become staff inspector in agriculture at the Board of Education, but not for long, for in the same year he became a commissioner at the Board of Agriculture, Scotland, of which body he was chairman in 1921?28. The combination of technical knowledge and administrative ability exemplified by Sir Robert goes far to explain his success; and general regret is expressed at his impending retirement.
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Sir Robert Greig. Nature 133, 441 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133441c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/133441c0