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MRS. R. G. BURDEN, of Clevedon, Somerset, has offered a sum of £10,000 for research into mental problems and disorders, suggesting that Prof. R. J. A. Berry, Director of Medical Services, Stoke Park Colony, Stapleton, Bristol, shall have general control of the investigations. In view of the munificence of this donation and the importance to the nation of its objectives, it has been deemed advisable to form a strong and nationally representative committee of administration. This committee will be responsible for the general direction of the research, the appointment of the research staff, the determination of salaries, and the publication, from time to time, of such reports as it may think fit to issue. Arrangements have already been made for the representation on this committee of the Ministry of Health (Board of Control), the British Medical Association, the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics at University College, London, the Royal Medico Psychological Association, the Central Association for Mental Welfare, and for other representative individuals specially selected for their scientific or medical attainments. In accordance with the terms of the bequest, Prof. R. J. A. Berry will act as chairman of the committee, which will meet in London at the house of the British Medical Association, with Dr. G. C. Anderson as its honorary secretary. As the committee has not yet met, nothing has been determined as to the nature of the researches to be carried out, though doubtless one line of approach will be the hereditary transmission, or otherwise, of mental deficiency and other disorders. Applications will shortly be invited for a specially selected team of investigators, particulars of which will be made known later.
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Stoke Park (R G. Burden) Fund for Research in Mental Disorders. Nature 131, 159–160 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131159d0
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