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DR. GEORGE WILLIAM CLARKSON KAYE, superintendent of the Physics Department, National Physical Laboratory, passed away on April 16 after a long illness. His name became familiar to students of science thirty years ago as the co-author of “Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants”, which have now reached their eighth,edition. He was born in 1880 and studied physics at the Imperial College of Science, then the Royal College of Science, and later at Trinity College, Cambridge. For Cambridge he retained a warm affection throughout his life, and he was at his best when showing a friend round the colleges and the Cavendish Laboratory. For a time he assisted Sir J. J. Thomson in his research work.
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GRIFFITHS, E. Dr. G. W. C. Kaye, O.B.E., F.R.S. Nature 147, 600–601 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147600a0
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