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PROF. F. J. COLE will be retiring from the chair of zoology in the University of Reading in September next, after a tenure of thirty-two years. Prof. Cole built up the Zoology Department from very small beginnings; to-day the University can regard with pride the results of his work and inspiration. The Museum of Comparative Anatomy, though small, is without a rival among those of the younger universities, and the preparations, dissections and models have been executed in the Department. Even the printing of the labels is done there. This Museum has justifiably achieved widespread fame; recently a former keeper of zoology in the British Museum (Natural History) referred to it as the “gem” among British museums of comparative anatomy. Although assisted by a very small, but efficient staff, the organization of the teaching side of the Department has always been of the first class. Until comparatively recently, few students entered a university with even the most elementary knowledge of zoology; but those who were fortunate enough to study the subject at Beading soon became infected with the enthusiasm of Prof. Cole and his staff, and by far the majority became sincere students of the subject, not merely candidates reading for an examination.
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Prof. F. J. Cole, F.R.S. Nature 143, 368 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143368a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143368a0