The death has occurred, at the age of 69, of Dr. Herbert Hall Turner, se, FS, President of Royal. Astronomical Society and Professor of Astronomy at Oxford University since 1893.
'Dr. Herbert Hall Turner was born at Leeds in 1861 and received his education at Leeds Modern' School, Clifton College, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed Savilian Professor of A: tronomy at Oxford University in 1893, and, later in the same year, was made a Fellow of New College, Osford. Among the many eminent posts he held were: President of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1903-1904; General Secretary of the British Association 1913-1922;
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