152:, but part of it remained available. By 1924, Callender had succeeded in establishing a committee of experts to oversee the management and display of the remaining collection. All of the committee members were associated with the College, except for Anderson, the sole outside expert. This collection soon formed the basis for Callender's suggestion in 1927 to the Society for Nautical Research that it take over the collection and house it in the
122:, ran into initial problems of finding material suitable to publish in a timely manner, Anderson was one of six men on the editorial committee who assumed the joint editorship from its first editor. Soon, this arrangement proved to be unworkable and Anderson became the sole editor by the acclamation of his colleagues in 1912. He remained editor until 1923, although publication was suspended during the war years. The Admiralty Librarian,
216:, "To the Memory of R.C. Anderson, Historian and Benefactor". As Captain A. B. Sainsbury wrote in his history of the Society's first hundred years, "Dr. R. C. Anderson must be distinguished among individual benefactors, and the Society recognized his considerable generosity by dedicating a volume to his memory, a compliment intended to be as particular as Pitt escorting Nelson to his carriage."
164:. The Society enthusiastically took up the proposal and formally suggested that the museum become a national naval museum. Anderson became a member of the Museum's first board of directors when it was established in 1927. At this point, Anderson made it known that he was willing to bequeath his collection of ship models, naval signal books, manuscripts, and
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National Maritime wrote of his published works, "His writings were often wantonly dull but always thoroughly trustworthy. He thrived on facts and figures." Anderson's memorial, Naish wrote "is in the galleries and library of the Museum, well stocked with the books and ship models he loved so
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took up the editorial reins. On Bonner-Smith's resignation in 1939, Anderson became the editor for the third and final time, retaining the position through the Second World War until 1946. He subsequently produced a number of the
Society's occasional publications and served as president of the
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On his death, he left the
Society of Nautical Research, the Navy Records Society, and the National Maritime Museum as joint residuary legatees. In 1984, his wife, Romola Anderson, gave the Navy Records Society a generous gift. As a result, that Society dedicated the fifth volume of its
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Society of Nautical Research created its Anderson Medal in memory of R. C. Anderson. There are two series of awards, the first is awarded to an exemplary volume on maritime history published during the previous year. The Society made its first award in this category to
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in 1922, Callender began to promote the idea that the
College's former naval museum that had originated with the Greenwich Naval Hospital's Collection, should be re-established for teaching purposes. The collection had been partially dispersed with some models going to the
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Anderson (1859–1938) and John Rodgerson Anderson (1845–1922) of Basset Wood, Southampton, and a partner in the London ship brokerage firm of Trinder, Anderson & Co. in the Australian trade, Roger Anderson was educated at
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Anderson as "one of the most important naval historians of the twentieth century. He mainly wrote about early modern warship technology and used his linguistic skills to write books and essays based on the literature from several countries."
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Anderson as editor, turning the journal into a quarterly. With Perrin's sudden death in 1931–32, Anderson took over the editorship briefly until the new Admiralty Librarian
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Records Society, vols. 79, 80 (London, 1939–40). Publications of the Navy Records Society, vol. 101 (London, 1959).
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in 1998. The second series is awarded for lifetime achievement in maritime history. The
Society made its first award in the lifetime achievement series in 2017 to
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R. C. Anderson died at the age of 93 on 2 October 1976, while living at 9 Grove Place, Lymington, Hampshire. He was buried with his parents in the Churchyard at
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drawings, along with an endowment of £50,000. He became the second chairman of the board of Trustees, succeeding
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