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IT is announced that Mr. J. C. F. Fryer, director of the Plant Pathological Labpratory of the Ministry of Agriculture at Harpenden, has been appointed to succeed the late Prof. W. W. C. Topley as secretary of the Agricultural Research Council. Mr. Fryer is Well known in scientific and official circles and his appointment to this responsible position is amply justified by his special qualifications. He has held his present post for a number of years and at one time it was combined with that of entomologist to the Ministry of Agriculture. Much of the improved technique applied in recent years to pest control has been the result of work initiated or fostered by Mr. Fryer in his official capacity. Educated at Cambridge, and for some time fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Mr. Fryer became Balfour student of the University. During his tenure of this studentship he carried out important researches on the genetics of butterflies in Ceylon and also investigated the fauna and physiography of Aldabra Island in the Indian Ocean. His subsequent career began with the Board of Agriculture and coming from a family well versed in farming experience he brought to his duties practical experience backed by scientific knowledge. His long and close association with this branch of Government service has left him comparatively little opportunity for other activities. Nevertheless, his name is among those who have occupied the presidential chairs of the Royal Entomological Society and of the Association of Applied Biologists. In the appointment of Mr. J. C. F. Fryer, the Agricultural Research Council has placed its secretaryship in exceptionally capable hands.
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Agricultural Research Council: Secretaryship. Nature 153, 767 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153767a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153767a0