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A HISTORIAN with a keen appreciation of the importance of scientific conceptions in the growth of society and a gift for clear exposition passed away in the person of Francis Sidney Marvin, who died on November 14 in his eighty-first year. Marvin was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Oxford, obtaining a first in Greats and a second in modern history. After teaching for a time in an elementary school, he became one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools, remaining with the Board from 1890 until 1924 and reaching the grade of staff inspector. His chief interest was in history, and from 1915 onwards he organized many courses of lectures for teachers and others. For the session 1929–30 he occupied the chair of modern history in the University of Cairo. After his retirement he was mainly occupied in writing, and in the organization of branches of the Historical Association, to which he frequently lectured.
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DESCH, C. Mr. F. S. Marvin. Nature 153, 47–48 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153047b0
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