LITERARY PLEBISCITE.
" FIVE BEST BRAINS."
The voting in b plebiscite conducted by the spectator for tne " five best brains in Great Britain showed a preference for literary artists. The list was as follows: G. B. Shaw, 214; Sir Oliver Lodge, 183; Lord Birkenhead, 162; Winston Churchill, 95; Dean Inge, 91; H. G. Wells, 86; Lord Melcliett, 62; D. Lloyd George, 59; Philip Snowden, 48; Sir John Simon, 45; Sir Josiah Stamp, 39; Lord Reading, 35; Archbishop of \ork, 32; Sir J. J. .Thomson, 28; ,T. B. Haldane, 23; Julian Huxley, 20; Sir J. Jeans, 20; G. K. Chesterton, 17- Sir J. M. Barrie, 15; Sir Arthur Keith, 14; Stanley Baldwin, 13; Gilbert Murray, 13; R. M'Konna, 12; Sir Ernest Rutherford. 12; John Galsworthy, 10; John Masefield, 10; Bertrand Russell, 10.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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130LITERARY PLEBISCITE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)
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