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AN interesting feature of the proceedings at the anniversary meeting of the Linnean Society on May 27 was the presentation to the Society by Sir David Prain, on behalf of the subscribers, of a portrait of the general secretary, Dr. Benjamin Daydon Jackson. The portrait, by Mr. Ernest Moore, will commemorate Dr. Jackson's long and helpful association with the Society as an officer for a period of forty-six years—a period equal to one-third of the present iife of the Society, which was founded in 1788. In 1880 Dr. Jackson, who had joined the Society in 1868, was elected one of the two honorary secretaries, succeeding Mr. Frederick Currey on the botanical side, and as such he continued to serve until 1902, when on the retirement of the assistant secretary, Mr. J. E. F. Harting, he was appointed to the specially created post of general secretary. As general secretary Dr. Jackson has for the past twenty-four years ably administered the Society's affairs, and his knowledge and experience have been invaluable to the successive presidents, secretaries, and councils.
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News and Views. Nature 117, 833–836 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/117833a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/117833a0