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THE death on November 11 of Alfred S. Barnes removes another survivor of a former generation of the teachers of the Manchester Municipal School of Technology : most have passed away. The School—then the largest and best equipped in Great Britain—was opened in 1902 ; Barnes was appointed in 1901 as professor and head of the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering. There were seven other professors, of whom F. Jackson Pope (afterwards knighted) and J. T. Nicholson may be specially mentioned. Though Barnes had not the scientific equipment of these two, his industrial experience, his acumen and regard for precision made him a good organiser. The Department developed ; the number of students taking the evening part-time courses increased, partly by the diversity of the subjects catered for. In those early days all the electrical subjects taught in the day department were required for the associateship diploma of the School.
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LANGTON, J. Prof. Alfred S. Barnes. Nature 164, 1075 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/1641075a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1641075a0