Akbar [née Hasib], Shireen Nishat (1944–1997), educationist, was born on 30 July 1944 in Calcutta, India, the daughter of F. A. Hasib and Selina Hasib, who also had two sons. Among her forebears was Begum Rokeya Hossain (1880–1932), an early worker for women's emancipation in ...
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Akbar [née Hasib], Shireen Nishat (1944–1997), educationist
Julie Cornish
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Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton (1904–1979), colonial administrator and Swahili scholar
P. J. L. Frankl
Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton (1904–1979), colonial administrator and Swahili scholar, was born at Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, on 14 November 1904, the second child and only son of the vicar, the Revd Roland Allen (1868–1947), writer and theologian, and his wife, Mary Beatrice, ...
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Barrow, Dame Jocelyn Anita (1929–2020), educationist, race relations campaigner, and public servant
Dawn Hill
Barrow, Dame Jocelyn Anita (1929–2020), educationist, race relations campaigner, and public servant, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on 15 April 1929, the eldest of fourteen children of Charles Newton Barrow, an electrical engineer from Barbados, and his wife Olive Irene, née...
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Bell, Andrew (1753–1832), Church of England clergyman and educationist
Jane Blackie
Bell, Andrew (1753–1832), Church of England clergyman and educationist, was born on 27 March 1753 in South Street, St Andrews, the second son of baillie Alexander Bell (d. 1789) and his wife, Margaret Robertson. His father, who was talented and well-educated, figured prominently in the community; by trade a wig-maker, he was also assistant at ...
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Benson [married name McDowall], Ada (1840–1882), headmistress and educationist
Ruth Pryor
Benson [married name McDowall], Ada (1840–1882), headmistress and educationist, was born on 27 November 1840 at Winson Green, Birmingham, sixth of the eight children of Edward White Benson (1800–1843), chemical manufacturer, and his wife, Harriet (née Baker). Their mother's death in 1850 left the six surviving orphans unprovided for, and they were separated into the care of friends and relatives; ...
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Bhattacharyya, (Sushanta) Kumar, Baron Bhattacharyya (1940–2019), engineer, educationist, and industrial strategist
Andrew Lorenz
Bhattacharyya, (Sushanta) Kumar, Baron Bhattacharyya (1940–2019), engineer, educationist, and industrial strategist, was born in Dacca, East Bengal, India, on 6 June 1940, the elder son of Sudhir Kumar Bhattacharyya (1909–1987), chemist, and his wife Hemanalini, daughter of Priyanath Chakraborty...
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Bowden, (Bertram) Vivian, Baron Bowden (1910–1989), scientist and educationist
K. M. Entwistle
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Bowden, (Bertram) Vivian, Baron Bowden (1910–1989), scientist and educationist, was born on 18 January 1910 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, the elder child and only son of Bertram Caleb Bowden, primary school headmaster in Chesterfield, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of John Thomas Moulton...
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Braithwaite, Eustace Edward Adolph Ricardo [known as E. R. Braithwaite] (1912–2016), author, educationist, and diplomatist
Susie Thomas
Braithwaite, Eustace Edward Adolph Ricardo [known as E. R. Braithwaite] (1912–2016), author, educationist, and diplomatist, was born on 27 June 1912 in Queenstown, British Guiana, one of five children of Charles Edwardo Braithwaite, mining engineer and gold and diamond dealer, and his wife ...
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Bramall, Sir (Ernest) Ashley (1916–1999), politician and educationist social worker and charity director
Peter Newsam
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Bramall, Sir (Ernest) Ashley (1916–1999), politician and educationist, was born at 31 Brunswick Road, Hove, on 6 January 1916, the elder of two sons of Major Edmund Haselden Bramall (1889–1964) and his wife, Katharine Bridget Westby (1887–1984). His younger brother, Edwin Noel Westby (Dwin) Bramall...
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1810–1897), educationist and lexicographer
Ann Margaret Ridler
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1810–1897), educationist and lexicographer, was born in Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London, on 2 May 1810, the third of the eleven surviving children of John Sherren Brewer (1775/6–1848), a Norwich schoolmaster, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Kitton of ...
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Bryan [née Haverkam], Margaret (bap. 1759, d. ?1836), educator and writer on natural philosophy
Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie
Bryan [née Haverkam], Margaret (bap. 1759, d. ?1836), educator and writer on natural philosophy, was baptized at West Ham, Essex, on 12 October 1759, the youngest of three children (she had two elder brothers) of Oswald Haverkam (bap. 1732, d...
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Bryant [née Willock], Sophie (1850–1922), educationist and suffragist
Sheila Fletcher
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Bryant [née Willock], Sophie (1850–1922), educationist and suffragist, was born in Sandymount, near Dublin, on 15 February 1850, the third of the six children of the Revd William Alexander Willock, fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, mathematician, and his wife, daughter of J. P. Morris...
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Buckton, Alice Mary (1867–1944), educationist and playwright
Ellie Reid
Buckton, Alice Mary (1867–1944), educationist and playwright, was born at Weycombe, near Haslemere, Surrey, on 9 March 1867, the eldest of seven children (five daughters and two sons) of the entomologist George Bowdler Buckton (1818–1905) and his wife, Mary Ann, née...
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Bulwer, John (bap. 1606, d. 1656), medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture
Graham Richards
Bulwer, John (bap. 1606, d. 1656), medical practitioner and writer on deafness and on gesture, was the second and only surviving son of Thomas Bulwer (d. 1649), a London apothecary, and Marie (d. 1638), daughter of George Evanes of St Albans, Hertfordshire...
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Bunsen, Sir Bernard de (1907–1990), educationist
S. J. Colman
Bunsen, Sir Bernard de (1907–1990), educationist, was born on 24 July 1907 at Southacre, Trumpington, near Cambridge, the second of the three children of Lothar Henry George de Bunsen (1858–1950) and his second wife, Victoria Alexandrina (1874–1953), daughter of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, ...
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Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959), educationist and college head
R. F. Butler
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Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959), educationist and college head, was born at New Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, on 4 January 1872. She was the only and posthumous child of Henry Parker Burrows (1833–1871), a partner in Langton Burrows Breweries, Maidenhead, and his wife, ...
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Campbell [née Johnson], Rachel Elizabeth [Betty] (1934–2017), headteacher and community activist
Alex May
Campbell [née Johnson], Rachel Elizabeth [Betty] (1934–2017), headteacher and community activist, was born on 6 November 1934 at 6 Maria Street, Butetown, Cardiff, the daughter of Simon Vickers Johnson (1903–1942), a ship’s fireman in the merchant navy, born in ...
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Carmichael, Richard (1779–1849), surgeon and educationist
J. B. Lyons
Carmichael, Richard (1779–1849), surgeon and educationist, was born in Bishop Street, Dublin, on 6 February 1779, the fourth son of Hugh Carmichael, solicitor, who was closely related to the Scottish family of the earls of Hyndford, and his wife, Sarah (née Rogers)...
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Childs, William Macbride (1869–1939), educationist
T. A. B. Corley
Childs, William Macbride (1869–1939), educationist, was born at Carrington vicarage, Carrington, near Boston, Lincolnshire, on 3 January 1869, the only child of the Revd William Linington Childs (1821–1893), vicar of Carrington, and his second wife, Henrietta Fowles Bell (1833–1889), daughter of a local estate manager; there were a son and two daughters of the first marriage. He was educated from 1879 to 1887 at ...
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Clark, Samuel (1810–1875), educationist
William Benham
revised by M. C. Curthoys
Clark, Samuel (1810–1875), educationist, the youngest of ten children of Joseph and Fanny Clark, was born at Southampton on 19 May 1810. His father, a prosperous brush and basket maker of the town, was a member of the Society of Friends. Samuel was brought up a strict Quaker. One of his earliest recollections was of being patted on the head by ...
