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John Lewis (headmaster)
John Elliot Lewis (born 23 February 1942) was the Head Master of Eton College from 1994 to 2002. Born in New Zealand in 1942, Lewis attended King's School and King's College, Auckland. He gained a double first in Classics from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and taught at Eton between 1971 and 1980, holding the post of Master in College between 1975 and 1980. He was a distinguished rugby player and cricketer. From 1980 to 1994, Lewis was the Headmaster of Geelong Grammar School in Australia, which had been attended by The Prince of Wales and Rupert Murdoch. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that Geelong Grammar School knew that boarding house assistant Philippe Trutmann, who worked at the school's Highton campus in the 1980s and 1990s, was accused of improper conduct in 1985 and failed to take any actionPhillippe Trutmannwas convicted in 2005 of sexually abusing at least 40 male students and sentenced to six-and-a-half years' jail. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Head Masters Of Eton College
This is a list of Head Masters of Eton College since 1442. Note: for explanation of alternative year dates in this list, such as '1494/5', see Old Style and New Style dates. List 15th century William Westbury (1442–1447) #Richard Hopton (1447–1453) #Thomas Forster (1453) #Clement Smith (1453–1458) # John Peyntor (1458–1467) #Clement Smyth (1467–1470) #Walter Barber (1470 – 1479) #David Haubroke ( 1479 – 1484) # Thomas Mache (1484–1485/6) #William Horman (1485/6–1494/5) #Edward Powell Edward Powell (c.1478 – 30 July 1540) was a Welsh Roman Catholic priest and theologian, in opposition to Henry VIII of England. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1886. Life Powell was born in Wales. He was M.A. of the University of Oxf ... (1494/5–1496) 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century See also * List of Provosts of Eton College * Master in College Notes References Sources * {{Eton Head Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |