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THE death on January 7 of Lady Dewar, widow of Sir James Dewar, was reported to the members of the Royal Institution at a recent general meeting. Lady Dewar's long and intimate association with the Institution began in 1887 when her husband, already the Fullerian professor of chemistry, succeeded Tyndall as superintendent of the House. From that time until Sir James Dewar's death in 1923, she waB the hostess of the Institution, and the regard in which her memory is held by a wide circle of members and friends is expressed in the words of Sir William Bragg at the general meeting. Sir William said that her death “had broken a precious link connecting the present times with those of the past in which Sir James Dewar had made the Royal Institution such a powerful agent of research and exposition. Not only had Lady Dewar been the true helper of Sir James in his work: she had, as many would gratefully remember, been a most able and kindly hostess to the scientists and others who flocked to see her husband and the Institution over which he presided. The members of the Institution would gladly acknowledge their debt to Lady Dewar,^arid for ever keep her name in appreciation and affectionate remembrance."
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Death of Lady Dewar. Nature 135, 334 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135334c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135334c0