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IN 1852 a large sum of money was bequeathed by the late Mr. Thomas Brown to the University of London for the purpose of “founding and upholding” an Institution for “investigating, studying, and if possible endeavouring to cure” the diseases and injuries of animals useful to man. The sum was to be allowed to accumulate for a limited period, at the end of which the principal and interest were to be applied in the manner directed. And it was provided that in case the University should fail to carry out the trust imposed upon it within nineteen years after the testator's death, the whole sum with the accumulations should be transferred to the University of Dublin, to be applied for the endowment of certain philological professorships. The will contains various directions for the administration of the proposed Institution. The most important are those which relate to the appointment of a Committee of Management and of a Professor. The committee must be appointed by the governing body of the University, and must consist either of members of the Senate or of other persons, members of the medical profession. As regards the qualifications of the professor nothing is said. He must be appointed by the University, must give a course of lectures annually, and must have a residence adjacent to the Institution.
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The Brown Institution . Nature 5, 138–140 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/005138a0
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