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William Symington McCormick
Sir William Symington McCormick (29 April 1859 – 22 March 1930) was a Scottish scholar and educational administrator.
== Life and career ==
McCormick was born on 29 April 1859 in Dumfries, Scotland, the eldest son of William McCormick and Agnes Ann. After graduating from the University of Glasgow in 1880, he worked for a short time as assistant lecturer in mathematics to Hugh Blackburn before attending the University of Göttingen and the University of Marburg to study literature. On McCormick return to Scotland, he worked as assistant lecturer in English literature to John Nichol from 1884. In 1890, McCormick was appointed as Professor of English Language and Literature by the then University College, Dundee, alongside a lectureship at the University of St Andrews. When the women only Queen Margaret College amalgamated with the University of Glasgow in 1892–93, McCormick became the head of department and lecturer on English language and literature there.
McCormick career turned towards academic administration starting in 1900 when he was asked by the General Medical Council to prepare a report on preliminary examination for medical students. The following year, he was appointed as the first secretary of the Carnegie Trust. From 1906 until his death, McCormick held a number of government committee positions related to state university funding. Alongside his many other positions, he served as chairman of the Advisory Council for Scientific and Industrial Research from 1915.
McCormick received an honorary doctorate (LL.D.) from the University of St Andrews in February 1902. In 1928, he was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society under its Statute 12 regulation for "conspicuous service to the cause of science, () such that his election would be of signal benefit to the Society". Having already been made a Knight Bachelor in 1911, McCormick was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1929.
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