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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Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton (1904–1979), colonial administrator and Swahili scholar
P. J. L. Frankl
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Allen, John Willoughby Tarleton (1904–1979)
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John Willoughby Tarleton Allen (1904–1979) by unknown photographer, c.1950 by kind permission of Hubert J. B. Allen
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Appleton [married name Lachlan], Elizabeth (c.1790–1849), educationist and author
E. H. Chalus
Appleton [married name Lachlan], Elizabeth (c.1790–1849), educationist and author, was the fourth, but third living, child of a large, impecunious family. Her mother, Mary, née Barnet (1763/4–1822), the eldest daughter of a respectable Warwick family, married her father, William Henry Appleton...
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Bantock, Geoffrey Herman (1914–1997), educationist
Peter Cunningham
Bantock, Geoffrey Herman (1914–1997), educationist, was born at 22 Layton Avenue, Blackpool, on 12 October 1914, the only child of Herman Sutherland Bantock (1874–1965), musician, and his first wife, Annie, née Bailey (1885–1936). His father, a viola player, was a cousin of the composer ...
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Barry, Alfred (1826–1910), Anglican bishop of Sydney and educationist
E. H. Pearce
revised by David Hilliard
Barry, Alfred (1826–1910), Anglican bishop of Sydney and educationist, was born at Ely Place, Holborn, London, on 15 January 1826, the second son of Sir Charles Barry (1795–1860), architect, whose Life and Works he published in 1867, and elder brother of Edward Middleton Barry...
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Batten, Edith Mary [Mollie] (1905–1985), welfare worker and educationist
S. W. Phipps
revised
Batten, Edith Mary [Mollie] (1905–1985), welfare worker and educationist, was born in London on 8 February 1905, the third of the four children and elder daughter of Charles William Batten, general draper, of High Street, Wandsworth, London, and his wife, Edith Wallis, daughter of ...
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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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Bell, Andrew (1753–1832)
Maker: Charles Turner
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Andrew Bell (1753–1832) by Charles Turner, pubd 1825 (after William Owen) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Beloe, Robert (1905–1984), educationist
H. G. Judge
Beloe, Robert (1905–1984), educationist, was born in Winchester on 12 May 1905, the eldest of the four sons (there were no daughters) of the Revd Robert Douglas Beloe (1868–1931), headmaster of Bradfield College, Berkshire, and his wife, (Margaret) Clarissa, the daughter of the ...
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Benson, Ada (1840–1882)
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Ada Benson (1840–1882) by unknown artist from the archives of Bedford High School; reproduced with permission
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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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Bethune, John Elliot Drinkwater (1801–1851), administrator in India and educationist
Katherine Prior
Bethune, John Elliot Drinkwater (1801–1851), administrator in India and educationist, elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Drinkwater, later Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844), and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of Charles Congalton of Congalton, Edinburghshire, was born at Ealing, Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School and ...
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Biscoe, Cecil Earle Tyndale- (1863–1949), missionary and educationist
Gerald Studdert-Kennedy
Biscoe, Cecil Earle Tyndale- (1863–1949), missionary and educationist, was born on 9 February 1863 at Holton Park, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, the son of William Earle Tyndale (1813–1895), a landowner, and his wife, Elizabeth Carey (d. 1891), daughter of Albert Glass Sandeman, founder of ...
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Boole [née Everest], Mary (1832–1916), scholar and educationist
Mary R. S. Creese
Boole [née Everest], Mary (1832–1916), scholar and educationist, was born at Wickwar, Gloucestershire, the elder of the two children of the Revd Thomas Roupell Everest (d. 1855), rector of Wickwar, and his wife, Mary (d. 1895), daughter of Isaac Ryall...
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Booth, James (1806–1878), mathematician and educationist
C. W. Sutton
revised by Frank Foden
Booth, James (1806–1878), mathematician and educationist, was born on 25 August 1806, the first of the three children of John and Ellen Booth of Lavagh, co. Leitrim. The Booths owned a small property and belonged to the Church of Ireland community of Annaduff parish...
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Brearley, Molly Root (1905–1994), educationist
Jane Read
Brearley, Molly Root (1905–1994), educationist, was born on 28 March 1905 at Rosebank, 2 Priory Avenue, Hastings, Sussex, the daughter of Dr Hermon Brearley (1876–1940), professor of music and organist, and his wife, Mabel Daisy, née Root (1880–1962), pianist and piano teacher. She was the eldest of three children and attended a small private school in ...
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1810–1897)
Maker: George Burnett Esam
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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810–1897) by George Burnett Esam, c. 1895 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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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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Brown, Dame Beryl Paston (1909–1997), educationist
Joyce Skinner
Brown, Dame Beryl Paston (1909–1997), educationist, was born at 78 Ribblesdale Road, Streatham, London, on 7 March 1909, the only daughter and elder child of Paston Charles Brown, bank clerk, and his wife, Florence May, née Henson. Her father claimed descent from the ...
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Bruce, Alice Moore (1867–1951), educationist
W. Gareth Evans
Bruce, Alice Moore (1867–1951), educationist, was born in London on 29 April 1867, the youngest of six daughters and two sons of Henry Austin Bruce, first Baron Aberdare (1815–1895), and his second wife, Nora Creina Blanche (d. 1897), daughter of General Sir William Napier...
