University College, London : report of the Council, financial statements, and other documents : to be presented to the members of the College at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 26th February, 1902.

University College, London.

Date:: 1902

Credit: University College, London : report of the Council, financial statements, and other documents : to be presented to the members of the College at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 26th February, 1902. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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$HONOURS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Council hare great satisfaction in recording the following honours conferred upon Members of the College :—Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart., to be Physician to the Household of H.M. the King and to be K.C.V.O. ; Mr. R. J. Godlee to be Surgeon in Ordinary to H.M. the King: Sir PI. H. Cozens-PIardy (Fellow of the College) to be a Judge of the High Court. CHANGES IN THE COUNCIL. In November last the Council received with great regret the resignation of Mr. Justice Wills, who found that his professional engage- ments made his attendance at Council meetings impossible. The Council regret to state that Mr. T. McKinnon Wood and Mr. Sidney Webb have for similar reasons expressed the wish not to be re-elected to the Council. PROFESSORIAL AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS. Faculty of Auts and Laws. Prof. Lallemand resigned the Chair of French Language and Literature at the end of last Session. The Council regret to have to record his death in November last. Mr. Louis M. Brandin, M.A., Ph.D., has been appointed to succeed him as Fielden Professor of French Language and Literature. The Rev. E. Moore, D.D., has been re-appointed Barlow Lecturer in Dante for a term of three years. Mr. J. Macdonell has been appointed Quain Professor of Com- parative Law for the present Session. Prof. Jethro Brown resigned the Chair of Constitutional Law and History at the end of last Session. On the recommendation of the Senate, Prof. W. J. Whittaker was appointed to perform the duties of the Chair during the current Session. Prof. Pawley Bate resigned the Chair of Jurisprudence at the end of last Session. On the recommendation of the Senate the Council appointed Prof. Murison to this Chair in addition to that of Roman Law which he lias held for several years. Mr. J. E. Bridges was reappointed Lecturer in Burmese. P™f' E- Denison Ross, on his appointment to the Principalship of the Calcutta Madrassa, resigned the Chair of Persian. Mr. R. A1 levne Nmholson has been appointed to the Chair for the current Session. Mr. Reginald A, Smith has been appointed Yates Lecturer for the current Session. Faculty of Science. The Council have conferred the title of Emeritus Professor on the Ite\. 1. G. Lonney, whose resignation of the Chair of Geology and Mineralogy was mentioned in last year’s Report. p,In. 1>.1'°1’- 'J'- Hudson Beare placed his resignation of the Chair ol Mechanical Engineering m the hands of the Council where- upon it was resolved unanimously :— That the Council accept with much regret Professor Beare’s resignation of the Chair of Mechanical Engineering: at the same$