SIR WILLIAM MARRIS
HONORARY DEGREE
NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, January 17,
On the recommendation of the Academic Board, the Senate of the University of New Zealand today decided to confer the honorary degree of doctor of literature on Sir William Sinclair Marris. The degree will be conferred at the next graduation ceremony at the Canterbury University College, where Sir William graduated B.A. in 1892.
Born in 1873, Sir William was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School and Canterbury College. He has had a distinguished, career as an administrator both in India and South Africa, rising to. the position of Governor of Assam in 1921-22 and Governor of the United Provinces from 1922 to 19"' ■ - . . ' :
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 15, 18 January 1941, Page 7
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