Word: sir
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...TIME'S imaginary correspondent] found Sir Edward's Kensington flat filled with books, by no means scientific only. He is a great reader of Victorian novels, and of Trollope and Dickens especially. 'And what about detective stories?' I asked. 'Why, of course, two or three a week, especially by women authors, who have got male authors beaten in this branch of fiction...
...Appleton layer reflects certain radio waves around the earth. Sir Edward's experiments proved the possibility of round-the-world broadcasting...
...Died. Sir Clarence Henry Kennett Marten, 77, gruff, kindly provost of Eton since 1945 and onetime tutor to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret; of a heart attack; in Windsor, England. A historian who taught his royal pupils history and constitutional law, Sir Henry spent 60 years at Eton as student and teacher, was knighted on the chapel steps...