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PBOF. C. L. FORTHESONE'S death on September 22, only three years after his retirement from the chair of electrical engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, came as a shock to his many friends and former colleagues and staff. He was born in 1881 and educated at Oundle School and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first class in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos. He played an active part in school and College life, was a keen oarsman and reached the ‘trial eights’ while at Cambridge. This keen interest in student activities and particularly rowing never diminished, but probably increased during his later years, and he was rarely away from the river when Imperial College crews were racing.
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RUSHTON, A. Prof. C. L. Fortescue, O.B.E. Nature 164, 734 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164734a0
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