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PHILIP LAKE, who died in Cambridge on June 12, was born on April 9, 1865, at Morpeth, where his father, George Lake, was headmaster of the Grammar School. On leaving school he became a student at the Durham College of Science, Newcastle upon Tyne, where his interest in geology was aroused by the teaching of Prof. G. A. L. Lebour. He gained a scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1883 and was placed in the first class of both parts of the Natural Sciences Tripos (1886 and 1887) and was the first recipient of the newly founded Harkness Scholarship for geology. After taking his degree, Lake was appointed to the Geological Survey of India ; but for reasons of health resigned after three years and returned to Cambridge. In spite of his short period of service he was able to make some contributions to the geology of India.
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WOODS, H. Mr. Philip Lake. Nature 164, 134 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164134a0
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