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COL. JAMES WILLIAM GIFFORD, whose death occurred at his home at Chard, Somerset, on Oct. 27, in his seventy-fourth year, was one of that select band of scientific workers of whom Sir William Spottiswoode, Warren De La Rue, and others were brilliant examples; men who, in addition to their ordinary occupations, found time and opportunity to follow the pursuit of pure science for the love of it. Col. Gifford was by profession a lace manufacturer, and at his death was managing director of the firm of Messrs. Gifford and Fox, of Chard.
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GARDINER, J. Col. J. W. Gifford. Nature 126, 851–852 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126851a0
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