London, Dec. 14.
The death has occurred of Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jack:
K.cv.0, at the age Sir Henry Jackson served on numerous technical committees in con rection. with the equipment and, design of warships and was the first in England to put to pra use Herzian waves for wireless telegraphy in H.M. ships, He was Chief of the War Staff 1912-14, First Sea Lord of the Admiralty 1915-16 and President of the R. N.
College, Greenwich, 1916-19." He was appointed Admiral of the Fleet in 1910 and retired in 1924, The King has sent the following message to the widow of Admiral Sir Henry Jackson: "Sir Henry Jack-on will be remembered not only for his distinguished services in the Navy but also for his devotion to the cause of science and research member of the Royal Societ In press tributes to the dead Admiral he is described as being the origin of the scientific mind of the modern navy. He Fellow of the Royal Societ is an honour accorded to none but eminent scientists, for his researches in electrical physics. He was als> 'a member of the Institute of Elee-Arical Engineers and of the Institute Naval Architects and waa honoured by many learned societies, a scientist his services to the navy were invaluable. He was one of the pioneers of "wireless telegraphy and was the first person in this country to apply Hertzian Waves tothe transmission of telegraphic messages. This he did whilst on the staff of the warship Vernon which was at Portsmouth '88 a torpedo school many years ago, British Wireless through Reuter, Brig-Gen. Dwight E. Aultman
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