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WE regret to record the death of Sir William G. Morris on February 26, in North Wales. He was a man beloved by all who had the privilege of knowing him. Born in 1847, he entered the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1867. After various home duties he went to Mauritius in 1871 and remained there until 1874, the year of the transit of Venus expedition to that island, with which the names of Lord Lindsay and Sir David Gill are so intimately associated. This appears to have marked the beginning of that collaboration with Gill which was later to have such useful results in South Africa; for after a spell of two years at the Staff College and later at home duties—particularly as assistant instructor in survey at the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, from 1877 until 1882—he was acting on special duty in 1882–83 under the Transit of Venus Committee at home and abroad.
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M., G. Sir William Morris, K.C.M.G., C.B. Nature 135, 573 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135573a0
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