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ABSTRACT DR. HERBERT LIGHTFOOT EASON, who has been appointed principal of the University of London, in succession to the late Sir Edwin Deller, was educated at University College, London,
and at Guy's Hospital. He has been superintendent of Guy's Hospital since 1920, having previously held the post of dean of the Medical School from 1904 until 1912. He has been a
member of the Senate since 1911 and has been vice-chancellor since 1935. He was chairman of the Library Committee in 1929-33, of the Finance Committee in 1923-25, and of the Academic Council
for two periods (1922-23 and 1933-35). He served during the Great War as consulting ophthalmic surgeon to the Forces in the Mediterranean, Egypt and Palestine, was mentioned in dispatches,
and was awarded the C.M.G. in 1917 and the C.B. in 1919. He has been the representative of the University on the General Medical Council since 1925, and is now junior treasurer of the
Council. From 1924 until 1926 he was a member of the Departmental Committee of the Board of Education on the re-constitution of the University, and from 1925 until 1930 a member of the
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