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MR. JOHN LISTER, formerly head of the Mathematical Department, Chelsea Polytechnic, died at Gawsworth, Cheshire, on December 5. Born at Stockport in 1876, he went to the Royal College of Science, London, in 1895, and took his associateship in 1898 with first-class honours in mathematics, physics and chemistry as his main subjects. After two years teaching at West Ham Technical Institute, he was appointed lecturer at Chelsea Polytechnic, where he spent the rest of his teaching career, being eventually head of the Mathematical Department, until his retirement in 1927.
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Mr. John Lister. Nature 161, 194 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161194b0
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