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List of teachers ("masters") of Malvern College is a list of some of the notable masters and headmasters (past and present) of Malvern College, a leading UK independent day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. They have gained recognition or excelled in such fields as education, science, culture and sport.

Headmasters

  • 1865: Rev. Arthur Faber[1]
  • 1880–1885: Rev. Charles Thomas Cruttwell[2]
  • 1885–1894: Rev. John Willis Kearns[3]
  • 1894–1897: Rev. William Grundy[4]
  • 1897–1914: Rev. Sydney Rhodes James[5]
  • 1914–1937: Frank Sansome Preston[6]
  • 1937–1953: Rev. Canon Howard Charles Adie Gaunt (known as Tom Gaunt)[7]
  • 1953–1971: Donald Dunrod Lindsay CBE (27.09.1910-14.11.2003), chairman of the HMC[8][9]
  • 1983–1996: Roy de C. Chapman, chairman of the HMC (1994)[10], schools inspector[11]
  • 1997–2006: Hugh C. K. Carson[12]
  • 2008–present: Antony Roy Clark[13]

Other masters and mistresses

  • Ralph Blumenau, history teacher, philosophy historian and author[14]
  • Rory Boyle, music educationalist, composer.[16]
  • Charles Brett, music teacher, countertenor[17]
  • The Very Rev Robert Holtby, Chaplain (1952-54), clergyman, Dean of Chichester
  • Ron Hughes, rackets professional and master[21][22]
  • John Lewis OBE, physics master, pioneer of educational programmes, recipient of the Centenary Award for science teaching.[23]
  • Major Ralph Lyon, Director of Music, co-composer of Carmen Malvernense[25]
  • Wilfrid Noyce, master of modern languages (1946-50), mountaineer, the first man to reach the South Col of Everest in Sir John Hunt's celebrated expedition in 1953[26]

References

  1. ^ Cookson, R. T. C, The Malvern Register 1865-1904 (1905), p. xvii
  2. ^ 'CRUTTWELL, Rev. Charles Thomas (born 30 July 1847, died 4 April 1911)' in Who Was Who 1897–1915 (London: A. & C. Black, 1988 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2670-4)
  3. ^ 'KEARNS, Rev. John Willis (died 30 Oct. 1962)' in Who Was Who 1961–1970, 1979 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2008-0)
  4. ^ Cookson (1905), p. 285
  5. ^ 'JAMES, Ven. Sydney Rhodes (born 30 May 1855, died 10 Feb. 1934)' in Who Was Who 1929–1940 (London: A. & C. Black, 1967 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-0171-X)
  6. ^ 'PRESTON, Frank Sansome (born 1875, died 8 Feb. 1970)', in Who Was Who 1961–1970 (London: A. & C. Black, 1979 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2008-0)
  7. ^ 'GAUNT, Rev. Canon Howard Charles Adie (Tom Gaunt) (born 13 Nov. 1902, died 1 Feb. 1983)' in Who Was Who 1981–1990 (London: A. & C. Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3336-0)
  8. ^ Service will remember great headmaster in Worcester News dated 7 February 2003, retrieved 6th September 2010
  9. ^ ‘LINDSAY, Donald Dunrod’, in Who Was Who 1971–1980 (London: A. & C. Black, 1989 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3227-5)
  10. ^ Reluctant torchbearer for moral crusade. Judith Judd. The Independent. Thursday, 22 September 1994.
  11. ^ UK inspectors visit The British School in Colombo. The Sunday Times. 30 January 2011.
  12. ^ ‘CARSON, Hugh Christopher Kingsford’, in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
  13. ^ ‘CLARK, Antony Roy’, in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
  14. ^ Blumenau, Ralph (2002). Philosophy and Living. Imprint Academic. ISBN 0-907845-33-9. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  15. ^ Christina Boxer. Malvern College official website.
  16. ^ Full biography - Rory Boyle, Scottish Music Centre
  17. ^ Charles Brett, biography, AllMusic.com
  18. ^ John Hart, Mastermind winner. www.quizplayers.com.
  19. ^ A first of Mastermind. Worcerster Gazette.
  20. ^ Profile of Graeme Hick. www.crickinfo.com.
  21. ^ Obituary of Ron Hughes. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  22. ^ Obituary of Ron Hughes. www.timesonline.co.uk.
  23. ^ Science teacher is `best this century'. This Is Worcestershire. 2nd February 2001.
  24. ^ Crockford's clerical directory. 1975. Church House. London.
  25. ^ Lyon, Ralph Edward. The Malvern Register, 1865-1904. (pp148) 1905.
  26. ^ Obituary of Sir Peter Holmes. The Daily Telegraph.
  27. ^ St Leonards News Issue 16 (2005). St Leonards School official website.
  28. ^ Assisted Places. St Leonards School official website.
  29. ^ The Malvern Register (1865-1904), 1905. pp xvi, xxii, xxxvi, xl.
  30. ^ Obituary of Eric Walton GC. The Daily Telegraph.
  31. ^ Obituary of Eric Walton GC. The Daily Times.