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THE opening of the new Institute of Historical Research of the University of London in Malet Street, close to the British Museum, on July 8 is a notable event on which warm congratulations may be tendered to the University and to Prof. Pollard. London University has always led the van in the recognition of research, and the new institute is to be devoted to the extension of knowledge. The inauguration of the building has been happily made the occasion of an Anglo-American Conference of Professors of History. London University, a pioneer in so many directions, created in 1920 the first post in England for the history of medicine. _ We have already referred to the systematic courses in the history of science that are being developed at University oCollege, and it was in harmony with this London tradition that a sectional meeting of the congress was held on Wednesday, July 13, to discuss “Anglo-American Co-operation in the Publication of Documents and Results of Research on Medieval Science and Thought.” The meeting was well attended, and the chair was taken by Mr. A. G. Little, who spoke of the immense amount of important medieval material by English writers still waiting to be edited. He emphasised the need of scholars keeping in touch with one another's work.
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Institute of Historical Research in London. Nature 107, 668–669 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107668b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107668b0