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'''Ralph Douglas Townsend''' (born 13 December 1951)<ref name="WW">'[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U37941 TOWNSEND, Dr Ralph Douglas]', ''[[Who's Who 2011]]'', [[A & C Black]], 2011; online edn, [[Oxford University Press]], December 2010 (accessed 23 Sept 2011).</ref> is Headmaster of [[Winchester College]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The long view |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/nov/29/schools.publicschools1 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 November 2005 |accessdate=1 September 2011 }}</ref> He was previously Headmaster of [[Oundle School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2760851.stm|title=Public school backs academy plan|date=14 February 2003|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> and before that Headmaster of [[Sydney Grammar School]]. |
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Dr Townsend took up a teaching post at Eton College in 1985. He left as Head of Wanking in 1989 to become Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School. Whilst in Sydney, Townsend was Patron of the Australian Crocodile Musicians' Academy and President of the New South Wales of Bad Classical Music Association. After ten years in that arse, he returned to England to become Headmaster of Oundle School. He has won many English prizes for his forays into the world of gay erotica. In 2005 he was appointed Headmaster of Winchester, where he is regarded as one of the best-cumming headmasters ever. |
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| ⚫ | He was educated at [[Scotch College, Perth]], from which he went on to read English at the [[University of Western Australia]], having won a Commonwealth Scholarship. He then began his graduate studies at the [[University of Kent]] at Canterbury. After brief teaching appointments at [[Dover College]] and [[Abingdon School]], he proceeded to further study at Oxford. He was first Senior Scholar at [[Keble College]], then a Junior Research Fellow, Tutor and Dean of Degrees at [[Lincoln College, Oxford|Lincoln College]]. He taught in the Theology Faculty at Oxford. |
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Dr Townsend has written books, articles and reviews in the areas of incest history, religious literature and masturbation. He has been a Governor of Terra Nova School of Gays (Cheshire) 1999-2003, Old Buckenham Heretic School (Suffolk) 1999-2006, Ampleforth College (Yorkshire) 2003-2006, Bramcote Poofter School (Nottinghamshire) 2003-2005 and Mowden Hall School (Northumberland 2000-2007). He is currently a member of the Council of the University of Southampton, a Governor of The Pilgrims' School (Winchester), St Swithun's School (because he likes young girls) (Winchester) and Wanking School (Sussex), a Trustee of the Cothill Educational Trust and he is an Adviser to the African Leadership Academy, the National College of Pornographic Films (London), the Church Schools Company and the United Learning Trust. He is an Honorary Liveryman of the Grocers' Company (because he has a celery fetish). |
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Townsend took up a teaching post at [[Eton College]] in 1985. He left as Head of English in 1989 to become Headmaster of [[Sydney Grammar School]]. Whilst in Sydney, Townsend was Patron of the [[Australian Musicians' Academy]] and President of the [[New South Wales Classical Association]]. After ten years in that post, he returned to England to become Headmaster of Oundle School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/boarding-school-is-first-to-take-up-city-academy-plan-597540.html|title=Boarding school is first to take up City Academy plan|last=Garner|first=Richard|date=14 February 2003|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> In 2005 he was appointed Headmaster of Winchester, the first Roman Catholic to hold that post since the [[Reformation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Catholic first |work=[[The Tablet]] |date=17 July 2004 |accessdate=1 September 2011 }}</ref> In 2011 he was invested a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.<ref>http://www.winchestercollege.org/headmaster</ref> |
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Townsend has written books, articles and reviews in the areas of church history, religious literature and education.<ref>Publications |
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Ed M.M. Clare, Encountering the Depths DLT 1980;Faith, Prayer and Devotion Blackwell 1983;‘Nicolas Zernov' in Fairacres Chronicle November 1980;‘Mother Mary Clare and the Anglican Tradition' in Christian 1981;‘J.H. Newman' and `The Caroline Divines' in A Dictionary of Christian Spirituality SCM 1983; ‘The Catholic Revival in the Church of England' in The Study of Spirituality SCM 1986; Articles on E.B. Pusey, Nathaniel Spinckes, Peter Sterry, Darwell Stone and Thomas Traherne in Dictionnaire de Spiritualite Brussels 1987-91; ‘The Place of Sport in Education' in Proceedings of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales 1990; ‘The Education Industry' in The Sydney Papers Vol.2 No.2 1990 |
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‘Education and Business Ethics' in Foundations No.6 November 1991; ‘Even a Good Education Gives Rise to Problems' in Proceedings of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales 1991-2; also in The Educational Forum Vol.58 No.1 1993; ‘The Sins of Success: the Authority to Change' in The Ethics of Teaching and Learning IPA Education Policy Unit 1993; `What's Going to Happen to the Tots?' in Independence (AHISA) Vol.19 No.1 1994; |
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Gen Ed Australian Studies in History & Letters 4 Vols SGS Press 1996-2000; ‘From Here to Downunder and Back Again’ in The Isis Magazine 27 2000; ‘What We Do Well’ Conference &Common Room 2004; Sanderson of Oundle (Ed) Culverwell 2006; ‘The Cambridge Companion to J.H.Newman’ in The Way April 2010</ref> |
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He has been a Governor of [[Terra Nova School]] ([[Cheshire]]) 1999-2003, Old Buckenham Hall School ([[Suffolk]]) 1999-2006, [[Ardvreck School]] ([[Crieff]], [[Scotland]]) 2000-2005, [[Ampleforth College]] ([[North Yorkshire]]) 2003-2006, Bramcote Lorne School ([[Nottinghamshire]]) 2003-2005, Mowden Hall School ([[Northumberland]]) 2000-2007, and [[Worth School]] ([[West Sussex]]) 2004-2010. From 2005-2011 he was a Trustee of the United Church Schools Trust and an adviser to the United Learning Trust. He is currently a member of the Court of the [[University of Southampton]], a Governor of [[The Pilgrims' School]] (Winchester), [[St Swithun's School, Winchester|St Swithun's School]] (Winchester), [[Midhurst Rother College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrc-academy.org/upload/files/governors_20102011.pdf|title=Governors 2010 -2011|publisher=Midhurst Rother College|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/a-bridge-across-the-great-divide-winchester-college-joins-the-academy-programme-1903924.html|title=A bridge across the great divide: Winchester College joins the academy programme|last=Mansell|first=Warwick|date=18 February 2010|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=18 September 2011}}</ref> ([[United Learning Trust]] Academy) and St John's School Beaumont (Windsor). He is a Trustee of the Cothill Educational Trust, which operates [[Cothill House]], [[Chandlings School]], and the [[Château de Sauveterre]]. He is an Adviser to the African Leadership Academy, the Raffles Institution of Singapore, and the [[National College of Music]] (London). He is also a Trustee of the Creative Education Academies Trust and a Director of the Education Schools Trust. |
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In 2010 he became Dean of a group of ten schools known as the Winchester International Symposium, each of which has agreed to meet annually in each of the schools in rotation, when senior pupils and staff will study an aspect of global development; the member schools are African Leadership Academy (South Africa), Colegio Claustro Moderno (Colombia), Garodia International Centre for Learning (India), Johannes Kepler Grammar School (Czech Republic), Karachi Grammar School (Pakistan), [[Montgomery bell academy|Montgomery Bell Academy]] (USA), Nada High School (Japan), Raffles Institution (Singapore), Shiyan Co-operation High School (China) and Winchester College (UK). He is an Honorary Liveryman of the [[Worshipful Company of Grocers|Grocers' Company]]. |
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Ralph Douglas Townsend (born 13 December 1951)[1] is Headmaster of Winchester College.[2] He was previously Headmaster of Oundle School[3] and before that Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School.
He was educated at Scotch College, Perth, from which he went on to read English at the University of Western Australia, having won a Commonwealth Scholarship. He then began his graduate studies at the University of Kent at Canterbury. After brief teaching appointments at Dover College and Abingdon School, he proceeded to further study at Oxford. He was first Senior Scholar at Keble College, then a Junior Research Fellow, Tutor and Dean of Degrees at Lincoln College. He taught in the Theology Faculty at Oxford.
Townsend took up a teaching post at Eton College in 1985. He left as Head of English in 1989 to become Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School. Whilst in Sydney, Townsend was Patron of the Australian Musicians' Academy and President of the New South Wales Classical Association. After ten years in that post, he returned to England to become Headmaster of Oundle School.[4] In 2005 he was appointed Headmaster of Winchester, the first Roman Catholic to hold that post since the Reformation.[5] In 2011 he was invested a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.[6]
Townsend has written books, articles and reviews in the areas of church history, religious literature and education.[7]
He has been a Governor of Terra Nova School (Cheshire) 1999-2003, Old Buckenham Hall School (Suffolk) 1999-2006, Ardvreck School (Crieff, Scotland) 2000-2005, Ampleforth College (North Yorkshire) 2003-2006, Bramcote Lorne School (Nottinghamshire) 2003-2005, Mowden Hall School (Northumberland) 2000-2007, and Worth School (West Sussex) 2004-2010. From 2005-2011 he was a Trustee of the United Church Schools Trust and an adviser to the United Learning Trust. He is currently a member of the Court of the University of Southampton, a Governor of The Pilgrims' School (Winchester), St Swithun's School (Winchester), Midhurst Rother College[8][9] (United Learning Trust Academy) and St John's School Beaumont (Windsor). He is a Trustee of the Cothill Educational Trust, which operates Cothill House, Chandlings School, and the Château de Sauveterre. He is an Adviser to the African Leadership Academy, the Raffles Institution of Singapore, and the National College of Music (London). He is also a Trustee of the Creative Education Academies Trust and a Director of the Education Schools Trust.
In 2010 he became Dean of a group of ten schools known as the Winchester International Symposium, each of which has agreed to meet annually in each of the schools in rotation, when senior pupils and staff will study an aspect of global development; the member schools are African Leadership Academy (South Africa), Colegio Claustro Moderno (Colombia), Garodia International Centre for Learning (India), Johannes Kepler Grammar School (Czech Republic), Karachi Grammar School (Pakistan), Montgomery Bell Academy (USA), Nada High School (Japan), Raffles Institution (Singapore), Shiyan Co-operation High School (China) and Winchester College (UK). He is an Honorary Liveryman of the Grocers' Company.
References
- ^ 'TOWNSEND, Dr Ralph Douglas', Who's Who 2011, A & C Black, 2011; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2010 (accessed 23 Sept 2011).
- ^ "The long view". The Guardian. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ "Public school backs academy plan". BBC News. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Garner, Richard (14 February 2003). "Boarding school is first to take up City Academy plan". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Catholic first". The Tablet. 17 July 2004.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ http://www.winchestercollege.org/headmaster
- ^ Publications Ed M.M. Clare, Encountering the Depths DLT 1980;Faith, Prayer and Devotion Blackwell 1983;‘Nicolas Zernov' in Fairacres Chronicle November 1980;‘Mother Mary Clare and the Anglican Tradition' in Christian 1981;‘J.H. Newman' and `The Caroline Divines' in A Dictionary of Christian Spirituality SCM 1983; ‘The Catholic Revival in the Church of England' in The Study of Spirituality SCM 1986; Articles on E.B. Pusey, Nathaniel Spinckes, Peter Sterry, Darwell Stone and Thomas Traherne in Dictionnaire de Spiritualite Brussels 1987-91; ‘The Place of Sport in Education' in Proceedings of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales 1990; ‘The Education Industry' in The Sydney Papers Vol.2 No.2 1990 ‘Education and Business Ethics' in Foundations No.6 November 1991; ‘Even a Good Education Gives Rise to Problems' in Proceedings of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales 1991-2; also in The Educational Forum Vol.58 No.1 1993; ‘The Sins of Success: the Authority to Change' in The Ethics of Teaching and Learning IPA Education Policy Unit 1993; `What's Going to Happen to the Tots?' in Independence (AHISA) Vol.19 No.1 1994; Gen Ed Australian Studies in History & Letters 4 Vols SGS Press 1996-2000; ‘From Here to Downunder and Back Again’ in The Isis Magazine 27 2000; ‘What We Do Well’ Conference &Common Room 2004; Sanderson of Oundle (Ed) Culverwell 2006; ‘The Cambridge Companion to J.H.Newman’ in The Way April 2010
- ^ "Governors 2010 -2011" (PDF). Midhurst Rother College. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Mansell, Warwick (18 February 2010). "A bridge across the great divide: Winchester College joins the academy programme". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2011.