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John Edward King

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John Edward King (10 July 1858 – 21 March 1939) was an author, Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College, Oxford, High Master of Manchester Grammar School, Headmaster of Bedford School, and Headmaster of Clifton College.[1]

Biography

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Born in Ash, South Somerset, on 10 July 1858, John Edward King was educated at Clifton College[2] and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he was elected as a Fellow in 1882. He was assistant master at St Paul's School, between 1884 and 1887, tutor at Lincoln College, Oxford, between 1887 and 1891, high master of Manchester Grammar School, between 1891 and 1903, headmaster of Bedford School, between 1903 and 1910, and headmaster of Clifton College, between 1910 and 1923.[3]

John Edward King died in Chilton Polden, Somerset, on 21 March 1939.[4]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ Joseph Foster, Oxford Men and Their Colleges, 2 volumes, 1893, vol.1, p.246
  2. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p30: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April 1948
  3. ^ "Who's Who". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ Obituary, The Ousel, Vol.XLIII, No.703, 1 April 1939, pp.33–34
Academic offices
Preceded by High Masters of Manchester Grammar School
1891–1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by Headmaster of Bedford School
1903–1910
Succeeded by
Preceded by Headmaster of Clifton College
1910–1923
Succeeded by