Adam, Alexander (1741–1809), schoolmaster and classical scholar, was born on 24 June 1741 at Coats of Burgie, a small farm in the parish of Rafford, Moray, the youngest child of the large family of John Adam (d. 1758), tenant farmer, and Christian Watson...
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Adam, Alexander (1741–1809), schoolmaster and classical scholar
J. B. Paul
revised by S. J. Skedd
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Almond, Hely Hutchinson (1832–1903), headmaster
M. C. Curthoys
Almond, Hely Hutchinson (1832–1903), headmaster, born in Glasgow on 12 August 1832, was the second son of George Almond, incumbent of St Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Glasgow, and his second wife, Christiana Georgina, eldest daughter of Thomas Smith, barrister, of London. His paternal great-grandfather was headmaster of ...
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Altschul, Annie Therese (1919–2001), psychiatric nurse and teacher
Peter Nolan
Altschul, Annie Therese (1919–2001), psychiatric nurse and teacher, was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Vienna on 18 February 1919, the daughter of Ludwig Altschul and his wife Marie. Despite the early death of her father, she enjoyed an idyllic childhood, which was enriched by her close family and the access she had to a diverse range of cultural activities. Her mother encouraged interest in the arts, sciences, and humanities, but ultimately it was mathematics that she chose for her undergraduate studies at the ...
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Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900), literary scholar and teacher
Bernard Bergonzi
Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900), literary scholar and teacher, was born on 30 November 1823 at Laleham, Middlesex, the third of the nine surviving children of Dr Thomas Arnold (1795–1842), schoolmaster and clergyman, and his wife, Mary, née Penrose (1791–1873), youngest daughter of the Revd John Penrose...
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Arnold, Thomas (1795–1842), headmaster and historian
A. J. H. Reeve
Arnold, Thomas (1795–1842), headmaster and historian, was born on 13 June 1795 at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, the seventh of the seven children of William Arnold (1745–1801), collector of customs and postmaster for the Isle of Wight, and his wife, Martha (1751–1829)...
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Bader [née Bailey], Lilian Mary (1918–2015), Women’s Auxiliary Air Force technician and teacher
Stephen Bourne
Bader [née Bailey], Lilian Mary (1918–2015), Women’s Auxiliary Air Force technician and teacher, was born Lilian Bailey (the middle name Mary was added later) on 18 February 1918 at 19 Upper Stanhope Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the daughter of Marcus Bailey...
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Baker, Henry (1698–1774), natural philosopher and teacher of deaf people
G. L'E. Turner
Baker, Henry (1698–1774), natural philosopher and teacher of deaf people, was born on 8 May 1698 in Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, to William Baker, a clerk in chancery, and his wife, Mary, the daughter of Aaron Pengry, comptroller of the petty bag office. His father died when he was very young, and he himself recorded that he was brought up by his paternal grandmother. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to a bookseller of ...
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Beale, Dorothea (1831–1906), headmistress
Jacqueline Beaumont
Beale, Dorothea (1831–1906), headmistress, was born in London on 21 March 1831 at 41 Bishopsgate Street Within, the fourth child and third daughter of the eleven children of Miles Beale (d. 1862) and Dorothea Margaret Complin (d. 1881).
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Beasley [née James], (Catherine) Eileen (1921–2012), teacher and Welsh-language campaigner
Colin H. Williams and E. Wyn James
Beasley [née James], (Catherine) Eileen (1921–2012), teacher and Welsh-language campaigner, was born on 4 April 1921 at Pen-y-bryn, Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire, the daughter of David John James, farmer, and his wife, Mary Winifred, née Williams. Pen-y-bryn was her maternal grandparents' home, and she was raised on her parents' farm, ...
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Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922), teacher of deaf people and inventor of the telephone
R. W. Burns
Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922), teacher of deaf people and inventor of the telephone, was born on 3 March 1847 at 16 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, the second of three sons of Alexander Melville Bell (1819–1905), speech therapist and elocutionist, and his first wife, ...
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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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Birley, Sir Robert (1903–1982), headmaster and educational administrator
M. A. Nicholson
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Birley, Sir Robert (1903–1982), headmaster and educational administrator, was born on 14 July 1903 at Midnapore, India, the only son and elder child of Leonard Birley CSI CIE (1875–1951) of the Indian Civil Service (Bengal), and his first wife, Grace Dalgleish...
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Bishop, Dame (Margaret) Joyce (1896–1993), headmistress
Caroline M. K. Bowden
Bishop, Dame (Margaret) Joyce (1896–1993), headmistress, was born on 28 July 1896 at The Glen, Oxford Road, Moseley, King's Norton, Worcestershire, the second of three children of Charles Benjamin Bishop, lacquer manufacturer and owner of a silver plating business, and his wife, Amy Stewart, ...
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Boucher, Jonathan (1738–1804), schoolmaster and Church of England clergyman
Robert M. Calhoon
Boucher, Jonathan (1738–1804), schoolmaster and Church of England clergyman, was born on 12 March 1738 in Cumberland to James Boucher, schoolmaster and manager of an alehouse, and Anne Barnes, both descendants of Norman aristocracy whose family had fallen on hard times. Although a poor businessman, ...
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Boyson, Sir Rhodes (1925–2012), headteacher and politician
Simon Heffer
Boyson, Sir Rhodes (1925–2012), headteacher and politician, was born at 18 Hoyle Street, Haslingden, Lancashire, on 11 May 1925, the son of William Boyson (1885–1973), cotton spinner, and his wife, Bertha, née Barnes (1886–1978). Boyson's father served as an alderman on the local council, representing the ...
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Bradley, George Granville (1821–1903), dean of Westminster and schoolmaster
John Sargeaunt
revised by H. C. G. Matthew
Bradley, George Granville (1821–1903), dean of Westminster and schoolmaster, born at High Wycombe on 11 December 1821, was the fourth son of Charles Bradley (1789–1871) and his first wife, Catherine Shepherd (d. 1831). The literary scholar A. C. Bradley and the philosopher ...
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Brigstocke [née Brown], Heather Renwick, Baroness Brigstocke (1929–2004), headmistress and public servant
Anne Mustoe
Brigstocke [née Brown], Heather Renwick, Baroness Brigstocke (1929–2004), headmistress and public servant, was born on 2 September 1929 at Upton Lodge nursing home, Alpha Road, Birchington, Kent, the elder daughter of Flying Officer (later Squadron Leader) John Renwick Brown, and his wife, ...
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Brock, Dame (Madeline) Dorothy (1886–1969), headmistress
Janet Sondheimer
Brock, Dame (Madeline) Dorothy (1886–1969), headmistress, was born on 18 November 1886 at 496 Caledonian Road, Islington, London, second daughter and youngest of three children of George William Frederick Brock, commercial clerk, and his wife, Eliza Jane Wilkins. Sir Laurence George Brock (1879–1949)...
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Browning, Oscar (1837–1923), teacher and historian
Richard Davenport-Hines
Browning, Oscar (1837–1923), teacher and historian, was born on 17 January 1837 at 8 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London, third son of William Shipton Browning (d. 1853), distiller, of Smithfield, and his wife, Mariana Margaret (1799–1889), daughter of Thomas Bridge (1772–1858), captain in the ...
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Bullar, John (1778–1864), schoolmaster and campaigner for liberal causes
Barbara Spender
Bullar, John (1778–1864), schoolmaster and campaigner for liberal causes, was born on 27 January 1778 in the parish of Holy Rood, Southampton, probably at 95/96 High Street, the son of John Bullar (1744–1836), peruke maker and hairdresser of Southampton High Street, and his wife, ...
