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TWENTY-FOUR years ago the British Association visited South Africa for the first time, and now, by invitation of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. the parent body is again in Cape Town. Mr. Jan H. Hofmeyr's inaugural address, which is printed in the supplement to this issue of NATURE, indicates the remarkable advances made since 1905 in South Africa in almost every branch of science. Mr. Hofmeyr very properly recognises the great service of the late Sir David Gill to science in South Africa in the early part of this century. Without him there would have been no body in South Africa corresponding to the British Association, for to him, and to a lesser extent Sir Charles Metcalfe, the existence of the South African Association is largely due. Sir David was not only a great astronomer, but also a very inspiring and attractive personality.
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The Advancement of Science in South Africa. Nature 124, 117–119 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124117a0
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