The following article is contributed by Professor L. A. Cotton) M.A., D.Sc., and by Assistant Professor W. R. Browne, D.Sc. It represents an outline of the scientific life of that great scientist and gentleman, Professor Sir T. W. Edgeworth David, K.B.E., C.M.G., F.R.S., M.A., D.Sc., who died in Sydney on August 28. It is the summary of a brief address to the Royal Society of New South Wales, given by those two of his colleagues, at the first general monthly meeting of the Society held after his death; and is, as the title shows, but a collection of notes on a few aspects of the life of an eminent scientist who has inspired and will continue to inspire many younger men. Professor Cotton said : When, on the invitation of the Council of this Society Professor Browne and I agreed to say a few words this evening about the scientific work of the late Professor Sir Edgeworth David, we decided that I should deal with the pre-war period and Professor Browne with the later years.
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