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THE death of Sir Edward James Reed on November 30 brought a long, useful, and highly distinguished career to a close. He was in his seventy-seventh year—full of activity, with mind as vigorous, and interests in life and work as keen, as ever. He was an active worker to the end. For the greater part of the last half-century he was the most prominent naval architect of his time. His influence during that long and important period in the progress of naval construction was one of the most potent forces that shaped its development and improvement. That influence was exerted, not only by his work and teaching, but also by constant and earnest efforts from his earliest days to promote the scientific education and training of young men for the pursuits of naval architecture and marine engineering, and to raise the scientific standard and professional status of those important branches of engineering.
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ELGAR, F. Sir Edward J. Reed, K.C.B., F.R.S. . Nature 75, 153–155 (1906). https://doi.org/10.1038/075153b0
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