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TWENTY nominations have been made to Leverhulme Research Fellowships tenable for varying periods up to two years. The new fellows and their subjects of research include the following: Dr. W. K. Bailey, senior lecturer in mathematics, University of Manchester, the study of functions of hypergeometric type; Prof. D. B. Blacklock, professor of tropical medicine, University of Liverpool, a study of the present practice of hygiene (including rural hygiene) in certain Eastern countries; Mrs. M. G. Blacklock, curator of the Museum, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, a comparative study of the organisations for the improvement of health of women and children in Eastern countries; Prof. C. Daryll Forde, professor of geography and anthropology, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, field study of the economy of a West African village community; Mr. S. D. Garrett, formerly assistant plant pathologist, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, the biological antagonism of the soil microflora towards root disease fungi of crop plants; Mrs. M. M. Hasluck, the unwritten law of Albania; Mrs. K. Lonsdale, research worker, Royal Institution, relation between structure and physical properties of organic molecules; Mr. E. P. Mumford, late director, Pacific Entomological Survey, Honolulu, terrestrial and freshwater biota of the Marquesas Islands; Dr. R. G. W. Norrish, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, the mechanism of certain chemical reactions; Mr. F. R. Perry, Research Dept., Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., the study of overvoltages due to lightning on transmission lines; Mr. L. R. Wager, lecturer in mineralogy and petrology, University of Reading, the tertiary igneous history of East Greenland; Mr. W-D. Ware,… washery supervisor, Cefn Coed Colliery, Crynant, South Wales, research on the lower part of the Coal Measures and Millstone Grit in Pembrokeshire.
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Leverhulme Research Fellowships and Grants. Nature 136, 100–101 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136100e0
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