List of teachers of Malvern College

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 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]
  • 1894–1897: Rev. William Grundy[3]
  • 1897–1914: Rev. Sydney Rhodes James[4]
  • 1914–1937: Frank Sansome Preston[5]
  • 1937–1953: Rev. Canon Howard Charles Adie Gaunt (known as Tom Gaunt)[6]
  • 1953–1971: Donald Dunrod Lindsay (27.09.1910-14.11.2003), chairman of the HMC[7][8]
  • 1971–1982: Martin John Wyndham Rogers, Chairman of HMC[9]
  • 1983–1996: Roy de C. Chapman, chairman of the HMC (1994),[10] schools inspector[11]
  • 1997–2006: Hugh C. K. Carson[12]
  • 2006–2007: David Dowdles
  • 2008–2019: Antony Roy Clark[13]
  • 2019–present: Keith Metcalfe[14]

Other masters and mistresses

  • Matthew Bayfield, master, headmaster of Eastbourne College, co-composer of Carmen Malvernense
  • Ralph Blumenau, history teacher, philosophy historian and author[15]
  • Christina Boxer, director of girls’ sport, former Olympic champion[16]
  • Rory Boyle, music educationalist, composer.[17]
  • Charles Brett, music teacher, countertenor[18]
  • Gerry Chalk, cricketer who taught at the school 1934–1938. Later captained Kent County Cricket Club and was shot down and died over northern France in 1943[19]
  • George Chesterton, deputy headmaster, cricketer, author
  • Alan Duff, master, cricketer
  • Charles Fiddian-Green, master, head of cricket, cricketer
  • Julius Harrison, director of music ; classical composer and conductor
  • John Hart, classics master, the first ever male Mastermind winner in 1975, defendant in Pepper v Hart,[20][21] Librarian and Curator of the Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum Trust
  • Graeme Hick, cricket coach, former England and Worcestershire cricketer[22]
  • Robert Holtby, chaplain (1952–54), clergyman, Dean of Chichester
  • Ron Hughes, rackets professional and master[23][24]
  • John Lewis, physics master, pioneer of educational programmes, recipient of the Centenary Award for science teaching.[25]
  • David Loveday, chaplain, Bishop of Dorchester[26]
  • Major Ralph Lyon, director of music, co-composer of Carmen Malvernense[27]
  • Malcolm Nokes, chemistry teacher, former Olympic bronze medallist
  • 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[28]
  • George Sayer, English master and biographer of the author C. S. Lewis
  • Jeffrey Skitch, biology teacher, actor and operatic baritone best known for his performances and recordings with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
  • Robert Tims, chemistry master, housemaster, head of St Leonards School, principal examiner for IB chemistry[29][30]
  • Charles Toppin sports master, cricketer[31]
  • Philip Turner, history master, children's fiction writer
  • Eric William Kevin Walton, engineering lecturer, recipient of the Albert Medal and the Polar Medal[32][33]

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. ^ Cookson (1905), p. 285
  4. ^ '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)
  5. ^ '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)
  6. ^ '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)
  7. ^ Service will remember great headmaster Archived 8 November 2007 at archive.today in Worcester News dated 7 February 2003, retrieved 6 September 2010
  8. ^ ‘LINDSAY, Donald Dunrod’, in Who Was Who 1971–1980 (London: A. & C. Black, 1989 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3227-5)
  9. ^ 'ROGERS, Martin John Wyndham (born 9 April 1931)' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
  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. ^ "Malvern College welcomes its new headmaster". Malvern College International.
  15. ^ Blumenau, Ralph (2002). Philosophy and Living. Imprint Academic. ISBN 0-907845-33-9. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  16. ^ Christina Boxer. Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Malvern College official website.
  17. ^ Full biography - Rory Boyle, Scottish Music Centre Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Charles Brett, biography, AllMusic.com
  19. ^ G/C Charles Appleton CBE DSO DFC, RAF Commands Archive]. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  20. ^ John Hart, Mastermind winner Archived 9 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine. www.quizplayers.com.
  21. ^ A first of Mastermind. Worcerster Gazette.
  22. ^ Profile of Graeme Hick. www.crickinfo.com.
  23. ^ Obituary of Ron Hughes. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  24. ^ Obituary of Ron Hughes. www.timesonline.co.uk.
  25. ^ Science teacher is `best this century'. This Is Worcestershire. 2 February 2001.
  26. ^ Crockford's clerical directory. 1975. Church House. London.
  27. ^ Lyon, Ralph Edward. The Malvern Register, 1865-1904. (pp148) 1905.
  28. ^ Obituary of Sir Peter Holmes. The Daily Telegraph.
  29. ^ St Leonards News Issue 16 (2005) Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. St Leonards School official website.
  30. ^ Assisted Places Archived 12 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. St Leonards School official website.
  31. ^ The Malvern Register (1865-1904), 1905. pp xvi, xxii, xxxvi, xl.
  32. ^ Obituary of Eric Walton GC. The Daily Telegraph.
  33. ^ Obituary of Eric Walton GC. The Daily Times.