Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Report of the Council for 1944–45

1946 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-450
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Marine Biology ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Distinguished Member ◽  
Made In

By the death of Lord Moyne, assassinated in Cairo on 6 November 1944, the Association has lost a very distinguished member who had contributed generously to improvements at the Plymouth laboratory and had himself made important contributions to Marine Biology. Lord Moyne had been a Governor since 1929; he was President of the Association from 1930 to 1939 and was a Vice-President at the time of his death. During the past year the Association has also suffered by the loss of Mr J. R. Norman of the staff of the British Museum, who had served on a number of occasions as a member of Council.Four ordinary meetings of Council were held during the year, two in the rooms of the Royal Society in London, one in the Zoological Laboratory at Cambridge and one at Plymouth. At these the average attendance was II. The Association is indebted to the President and Council of the Royal Society and to Prof. Gray for their kindness in providing accommodation for three of the meetings.The Plymouth LaboratoryDuring the year considerable progress has been made in the restoration of the laboratory buildings. When it became evident that enemy raids on Plymouth had ended repairs to the asphalt roofing of the buildings were carried out and the lantern light in the library was renovated, while extensive work was undertaken by the laboratory staff. Included in the latter was the replacement of numerous panes of glass in the main laboratory, the reglazing and complete internal redecoration of the library, and repairs to the constant temperature rooms.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Report of the Council for 1965-66

1966 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 763-785 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Honorary Member ◽  
English Channel ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Laboratory Staff ◽  
Biological Association ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Made In

The Council records with regret the deaths of Mr Morley H. Neale, C.B.E., Dr M. N.Hill, F.R.S., Prof. W. F. Whittard, F.R.S., and Prof. Hans Pettersson, For.Mem.R.S. Mr Morley Neale had been a member of Council on a number of occasions, a Vice-President of the Association since 1951, and by a gift made in 1958, he founded the Morley Neale Fund for 'the benefit or pleasure of the Plymouth Laboratory staff and ship's crews'. Dr Maurice Hill had for many years been associated with the life and work of the Laboratory and its ships. He first served on the Council in 1956 and was a member at the time of his death. Prof. Whittard had served on Council for two periods and in recent years had made a number of cruises in 'Sarsia' in the course of his investigations of the geology of the sea floor in the western English Channel. Prof. Hans Pettersson was elected an Honorary Member of the Association in 1949 and was at the time of his death second in seniority of the nine Honorary Members.

scholarly journals Sir James Gray, 1891–1975

1976 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alister Hardy
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Marine Biology ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Research Worker ◽  
Honorary Member ◽  
Biological Association ◽  
Marine Biological ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom

By the death on 14 December of Professor Sir James Gray, K.T., C.B.E., M.C., Criox de Guerre, M.A., Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S., at the age of 84, both zoology and marine biology have lost one of their great figures. His connexion with the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom stretches from his first visit as a research worker to the Plymouth Laboratory in 1912, when he became a member of the Association, through his long service on the Council (first in 1920 and then continuously from 1928 to 1969), to his Presidency (1945–55) and his election as Vice-President in 1955 and Honorary Member in 1965. He was also a member of the Scottish M.B.A. since 1921 and served on its Council for six years (1960–66) and was elected a Vice-President in 1965.

Notes and records of the Royal Society of London

1946 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-145
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Fundamental Science ◽  
Made In

A Conference of Fellows was held in the rooms of the Royal Society on 10 May 1945 to discuss certain questions arising from the Report on the Needs of Research in Fundamental Science, particularly in relation to ‘ rare subjects ’ in the universities. As a result of this meeting, a memorandum was drawn up by Professor A. V. Hill, then Biological Secretary. This memorandum, slightly abridged, was in the following terms: Under existing conditions there are various subjects of study for which little or no provision is made in any of the universities of the United Kingdom. There are sub/branches of subjects the study of which might be held to fall within the duties of some existing depart' ment but which, in fact, have been almost neglected. O n the other hand, there are subjects for which too widespread provision has been made in the past or for which too great a dispersion of effort has proved unhealthy. Certain subjects do not need to be studied at a higher level in more than a few places. A t Sir Charles Darwin’s suggestion to the Secretaries, a Conference was called at the Royal Society on 10 May to consider the general problem. Seventeen Fellows were present. A t this Conference it was decided to ask the Council of the Royal Society to invite the co-operation of the Sectional Committees, and of the newly formed Standing Committee on Agricultural Science, to explore it further.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Report of the Council for 1963–64

1964 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-836
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Biological Association ◽  
Marine Biological ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
New Research

The Council have to report with regret the deaths of Captain V. Lord, a member of the Association's staff for 28 years and well known to many workers at the laboratory as skipper of S.S. ‘Salpa’; and of Cdr. C. A. Hoodless, D.S.C., R.N.R. who was Master of R.V. ‘Sabella’ from 1948 to 1953 when he was appointed Master of the Association's new research vessel ‘Sarsia’. Cdr. Hoodless was an able and skilful seaman and did much for marine science. His burial took place at sea from R.V. ‘Sarsia’ on 16 March 1964.The Council record with great pleasure the award of the 1963 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine to Prof. A. L. Hodgkin, F.R.S., and Prof. A. F. Huxley, F.R.S. Both have been visiting research workers at the Plymouth laboratory and Prof. Hodgkin has served many times on the Council of the Association.The Council and OfficersDuring the year Major E. G. Christie-Miller resigned from his position as a Representative Governor on the Council of the Association since 1941. Major Christie-Miller gave devoted service to the Association as Honorary Treasurer from 1941 to 1956, and had been a Vice-President since 1951.Col. Sir John Carew Pole, Bt., D.S.O., T.D., has been nominated by the Fishmongers' Company in his place.Four ordinary meetings of the Council were held during the year, two in the rooms of the Royal Society, one in the rooms of the Linnean Society and one at Plymouth. At these the average attendance was seventeen.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Report of the Council for 1955–56

1956 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 647-669 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Biological Association ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
The Many

The Council have great pleasure in reporting that Prof. A. V. Hill, C.H., O.B.E., F.R.S., was elected President of the Association in June in place of Prof. Sir James Gray, Kt., C.B.E., M.C., F.R.S., who had served for the preceding ten years.The Council wish to record their deep appreciation of the many services rendered to the Association by Sir James Gray during his long term of office as President, and are glad to report that he will continue to serve on the Council as Governor representing the Royal Society. Sir James Gray has been elected a Vice-President of the Association.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Report of the Council for 1960–61

1961 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 837-865
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The South ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Zoological Society ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Deep Appreciation ◽  
South Wall

SUMMARYThe Council have great pleasure in reporting that Prof. C. F. A. Pantin, Sc.D., F.R.S., was elected President of the Association in June in place of Prof. A. V. Hill, C.H., O.B.E., F.R.S., who had served for the previous five years.The Council wish to record their deep appreciation of the services rendered to the Association by Prof. A. V. Hill during his term of office, a period notable for the increased development of research on the physiology of marine organisms at the Plymouth laboratory. Prof. Hill was re-elected a Vice-President of the Association.The Council have to report with regret the death of the Earl of Verulam, a Vice-President of the Association since 1953; and of Mr W. H. Searle, B.E.M., who served the Association so faithfully as fisherman collector for a period of 63 years.The Council and OfficersFour ordinary meetings of the Council were held during the year, two in the rooms of the Royal Society, one in the rooms of the Zoological Society of London and one at Plymouth. At these the average attendance was seventeen.ThePlymouthLaboratoryDuring the year the outside woodwork and chuting of the south wall of the centre bay of the south building have been repainted.The small lean-to coal shed on the inner side of the south wall of the yard near the entrance gate has been converted by direct labour to house the motor and compressor for charging aqualung cylinders with air.As ancillary work to the main laboratory extension, the plunger jar room has been renovated and refurnished for use by the finance office staff.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Report of the Council for 1950–51

1951 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-417
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Vice President ◽  
British Association ◽  
Biological Association ◽  
Zoological Society ◽  
Marine Biological ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Scientific Staff

The Council has to record with deep regret the deaths of the following former members of Council: Mr H. G. Maurice, C.B., who had represented the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Zoological Society, and was a Vice-President; Prof. H. Gordon Jackson who had represented the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Dr R. S. Clark, a former member of the Scientific Staff of the Plymouth laboratory; and Sir Sidney F. Harmer, F.R.S., a member of Council since 1895, who had represented the Royal Society, and was a Vice-President; also Mr R. Hansford Worth and Mr Arthur W. W. Brown, Founders of the Association, the latter having been the last survivor of the original members.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

1943 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 745-752
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Biological Association ◽  
Marine Biological ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Delayed Action ◽  
Grand Hotel

The Council and the Officers. During the year the Association has suffered a heavy loss in the death of Dr Guy Wood, who had been a Governor representing the Fishmongers' Company since 1931 and had been Honorary Treasurer for the past seven years. The Council also regret to note the death of Dr Cresswell Shearer, F.R.S., a Founder of the Association.Major E. G. Christie-Miller has been nominated by the Fishmongers' Company to succeed Dr Guy Wood as a Governor, and at the meeting held in October he was elected Honorary TreasurerFour ordinary meetings of the Council were held during the year. Three of these were held in the rooms of the Royal Society and the thanks of the Association are due to the Society for this privilege. One meeting, in April, was held at Plymouth: it took place in the Grand Hotel since there were at the time unexploded bombs in and near the laboratory premises. The average attendance at the four meetings was twelve.Air Raid Damage to the Plymouth Laboratory. No additional damage of any consequence has been incurred during the year, though a few windows have been broken. The delayed action bombs which fell shortly before the April meeting were safely removed.For the first three months of the year the staff of the Laboratory was largely engaged in repairing the damage occasioned in the March raids and though much will need to be done before the buildings are fully restored most of the laboratories have been made usable.

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Report of the Council for 1975–6

1976 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1067-1116 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Honorary Member ◽  
Council Member ◽  
Direct Service ◽  
Marine Biological Association ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The University

The Council reports with deep regret the death of Sir James Gray, C.B.E., M.C., Sc.D., F.R.S. Sir James had been a member of the Association since 1912. He first became a Council Member in 1920 and represented the University of Cambridge from 1928 to 1945 and the Royal Society from 1955 to 1969. He was President from 1945 to 1955 and was elected a Vice-President in 1955 and an Honorary Member in 1965. In addition to this sustained direct service to the Association, he will be remembered with gratitude for his very great contributions to British marine science, first as a member and, from 1939 to 1956, as Chairman, of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research to the Development Commission.

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