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THE retirement of Prof. Stanley Gardiner from the chair of zoology and comparative anatomy in the University of Cambridge next October will bring to an end a remarkably interesting and important period in the history of the Department of Zoology at Cambridge. At the time of his appointment, Prof. Gardiner was a leading authority on marine zoology, with a specialist's knowledge of the systematics of corals. He had gained a wide knowledge of the methods used in the exploration of the sea during the times when he took part in expeditions to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. As a result, he has been able to give most important and valuable advice and assistance to all the British expeditions for scientific oceanography from the time of his appointment to the present day. But Prof. Gardiner is a naturalist, and his extensive interests in animals and plants have given him a wide sympathy for all branches of scientific research in zoology, and therefore when the dream of an adequate zoological institute in the University became true, he saw to it that every aspect of the subject was fully provided for. The very large number of his former pupils will remember with gratitude the personal interest he took in their work, and the kindly advice and help he gave them at the outset of their careers.
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Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S.. Nature 139, 402 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139402a0
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