What is recorded here
This brass commemorative plaque records: William Spiers Bruce LLD FRSE (1867-1921) oceanographer and polar explorer. In this building Bruce established the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory formally opened by the eminent oceanographer H.S.H. Price Albert I of Monaco on 16 January 1907.
William Spiers Bruce was a pioneering Scottish oceanographer and polar explorer who established the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory in 1907, significantly contributing to marine research and polar studies.
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