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THE election of Lord Hankey as fellow of the Royal Society under Statute 12 recognizes in a most fitting way his unremitting work to secure the recognition of the part which science and scientific men can play in the successful prosecution of the War. When the Scientific Advisory Committee was set up in April 1940, with the status of a Sub-Committee of the War Cabinet, Lord Hankey was appointed its chairman. He brought to it his unrivalled knowledge not only of the machinery of government but also of the diverse ways in which science was already being called upon by the Service and Supply Departments. But to knowledge there was added a warm personal sympathy with the desire of scientific men to give still more. Unfortunately, the time has not yet come to tell the whole story of the work of the Scientific Advisory Committee or of the Engineering Advisory Committee which was appointed later, also under Lord Hankey's chairmanship, to watch over the fuller utilization of engineering knowledge and ability. Sufficient is known, however, to make it clear that these Committees have more than justified their appointment. Lord Hankey vacated the
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The Right Hon. Lord Hankey, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O. Nature 149, 726 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149726c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/149726c0