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SIR GEORGE BEILBY died on July 31, in his seventy-fourth year, and when he had just laid aside the harness by which he had so long applied his talents with great effect in varied fields. His death caused widespread regret and directed attention to a notable record of public service in the linked relations of science, industries and citizenship. Fortunately for industry his early work brought him into close touch with the details of production as well as with scientific problems which confronted the chemical manufacturer. His skill and thoroughness in investigation, and his clear appreciation of the conditions of large scale work, enabled him to make successive additions of much value to the methods of industry. His relations with commercial production became such that he was, in a position to follow up his researches in science by investigation of those of their applications which seemed to be promising. The success which from time to time attended his steady and enthusiastic labour enabled him to give to public purposes much of his energy, as well as to afford substantial support towards the advancement of science and the training of promising recruits for the ranks of scientific workers. Withal, the man and his life will remain in the minds and hearts of many, young and old, as a beacon no less bright than his work.
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Sir George Beilby, F.R.S. Nature 114, 361–364 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114361a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114361a0