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LORD HIRST'S death on January 23 at the age of seventy-nine has caused poignant regret in many circles, for he was one who touched British social life at many different points. But his outstanding contribution to national life is in the industrial field. That he founded, and built up, the General Electric Company is well known. That he set a new standard in staff relationships in industry, which gave that Company a unique character, is less well known, and is a tribute to the unerring instinct he had for singling out the essentials in all matters which he handled. In this he showed a true scientific spirit by realizing that industry is run by human beings, and broadly its organizations must be made to suit human instincts and aspirations, and not the other way round.
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PATERSON, C. Lord Hirst. Nature 151, 218 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151218a0
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