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...fellow of the Royal Society of England and also belongs to the School of English Realists of which Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore are two of the most prominent members. In 1922 he was the first recipient of the James Scott prize offered by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Among his publications are the "Principia Mathematica" in three volumes, "Principles of Relativity", and "The Principles of Natural Knowledge". In the last production he describes himself as a "Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Imperial College of Science and Technology...
...economically." "France has been quite stationary," except insofar as the acquisition of the University of Strasbourg gives the country, for the first time, a modern medical school plant. In Great Britain appear signs of a new vitality in medical teaching; full time teachers have been established in London and Edinburgh schools; research is being conducted in a well organized manner under a Medical Research Council...
...Although never ordained, he received the degree of "D.D." from the University of Edinburgh in 1910, became "Dr." Speer...
...speech by prominent members of the Government or failure of the Government to disavow extremist speeches might check the recovery of trade and confidence." Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, Kt, G.C.B., G.B.E., P.C., LL.D., aged 49, was born in India. He was educated at the Oxford Military School and at Edinburgh, but, although he is an honorary Major General in the Army, most of his life has been bound up in railways. His widely recognized administrative talents made him indispensible to war politics and his services were used throughout the War in a number of different capacities: Deputy Director-General Munitions...
Cases of sex reversal in insects and crustaceans were cited by Prof. C. L. Turner, of Beloit College, who found that 88% of the female crawfish in a Wisconsin lake had developed male characteristics, possibly from disease. The recent work of Professor Crew of Edinburgh (TIME, Oct. 15) in controlling the sex of chickens is another case in point...