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Word: piel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...talents but his very considerable fortune to Science. In 1904 he was President of the Lennean Society. In 1907 he was President of the Zoology Section of the British Association. He founded the Marine Biological Station at Port Erin, Isle of Man, and also the Sea-Fish Hatchery at Piel. In 1909 Harvard made him a Doctor of Science. In 1910 Edinburgh, his alma mater, made him Doctor of Laws. He gave largely to the scientific departments of several Universities-to Liverpool and to the University of London. At the latter institution he and his wife endowed a chair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Career's End | 8/4/1924 | See Source »

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