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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...importantly he showed paths for others to follow. In 1913 Cambridge University made him its first professor of biochemistry. Here he made his fundamental contribution to science: by isolating from living cells the sulphur-containing peptide glutathione and demonstrating its great importance for the oxidation processes of the cells. King George made him a knight four years...
...ornate person is the Vice-Chamberlain of Great Britain. He helps with the domestic accounts of the Royal Household, carries a long white wand on formal occasions, wears a symbolic golden key, presents to the King-Emperor a daily account of the doings of Parliament while it is in session. Present Vice-Chamberlain of Britain is burly Jack Hayes, Laborite, one-time heavyweight boxer, onetime metropolitan policeman. More than most Laborite factotums of the Court he is irked by his gaudy trappings. Occasionally he rebels. Last month an oil tanker hove back to England's shore from a Mediterranean...
Shubert-Apollo--"Her Friend the King", William Faversham handicapped by weak plot and lines...
Shubert-Apollo--"Her Friend the King", William Faversham handicapped by weak plot and lines...
Created and proclaimed a Cardinal in December 1927, two years had Cardinal Saenz been hatless. According to Spanish tradition, His Most Catholic Majesty King Alfonso XIII should have conferred the hat, in loco Papae. Instead, Cardinal Saenz had it from the hands of the Holy Father himself...