An appeal for a fund for the commemoration of the life and work of the late Professor Sir Israel Gollancz, is published to-day in the “Times” by Professor A. W. Pollard, Chairman of the Fund, and Professor A.W. Reed, the Treasurer.
On the requisition of students who had worked under him at Cambridge and London, of Professors of English language or literature at various colleges, members of the Modern Literature Section of the British Academy and officers and members of the Committee of the Early English Text Society and Shakespeare Association, the appeal says, a meeting has been held at Kings College in the University of London to consider the commemoration of the life and work of Sir Israel Gollancz. A small committee was appointed and a letter was sent to a number of Sir Israel’s fellow scholars, friends and old pupils. The response was immediate and a distinguished list was obtained of 150 supporters whose contributions amount to £700. It had been the intention of the committee to use this as a first list and to issue a wider appeal in order to raise as large a sum as possible. In the present difficult times such an appeal would be improper, however, the letter concludes, but any friends of Sir Israel’s who wish to contribute to the Memorial are asked to communicate with the Gollancz Memorial Fund at Kings College.
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