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THIS is undoubtedly the handiest biographical dictionary and compendium of information, referring to prominent persons and their doings, in existence. It contains nearly seven thousand biographies—mostly autobiographies—of the leading men and women of the day, and a large amount of information in addition. Among the general contents of interest to men of science is a list of Royal, National and learned societies, showing the addresses of the societies, secretaries' names, annual subscriptions and other conditions of membership. We notice also a table of university degrees, with the correct explanation of each, a list of chairs and professors in the great universities of the United Kingdom, arranged alphabetically by their chairs, and a list of Fellows of the Royal Society (most of whom appear among the biographies). The volume is one to be kept on the writing table for ready reference; and it possesses the merit of including in its pages biographical details of more men of science than usually figure in similar reference books, though even now some of the minor literary lights could be struck out with advantage to make room for well-known scientific men who have been omitted.
Who's Who, 1898.
Edited by Douglas Sladen. Pp. xviii + 846. (London: A. and C. Black, 1898.)
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Who's Who, 1898. Nature 57, 510 (1898). https://doi.org/10.1038/057510c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/057510c0