Bertrand Leslie Hallward (24 May 1901–17 November 2003) was a British educationalist who served as Headmaster of

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , hea ...

and

Vice-Chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

of the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

.''The Guardian'', "Bertrand Hallward: Educationalist who built a university"
21 November 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2022.Derek Winterbottom, "Bertrand Hallward: First Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, 1948-1965. A Biography" (The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, 1995)
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20 November 2003. Retrieved 14 November 2022.

Family and education

Hallward was born in

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Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the Englis ...

, to Norman Hallward, who worked for the

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, and Eva Gurdon, the daughter of an

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officer. Among his paternal ancestors were several

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clergymen, and on his mother's side he was the nephew of

Bertrand Evelyn Mellish Gurdon Lieutenant-Colonel Bertrand Evelyn Mellish Gurdon (2 September 1867 - 6 October 1949) was a British soldier and administrator. He gained prominence as an officer during the Siege of Chitral. Life and career Gurdon was born on 2 September 186 ...

. He was a pupil at Warden House in

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, and at

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, and later an undergraduate at

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...

. After two terms teaching at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (sc ...

he returned to

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as a fellow of

Peterhouse Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite o ...

, where he quickly developed an interest in academic administration. In 1926 he married Margaret Tait (1900–1991), the daughter of the Rev. Arthur Tait, Principal of

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, and granddaughter of the Rt. Rev. Thomas Drury, Master of

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. Bertrand and Margaret had four daughters together.

Academic career

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Clifton College

Having unsuccessfully applied for the headmastership of

Felsted School (Keep your Faith) , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent day and boarding , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Chris Townsend , r_head_l ...

in 1931, Hallward was offered the position of Headmaster of

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in 1939. After a bomb hit the school, he moved the pupils to

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for the remainder of the

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. Returning to Bristol, he set about increasing enrollment and improving the quality of the staff.

University of Nottingham

In 1947, after declining an offer from

Charterhouse School (God having given, I gave) , established = , closed = , type = Public school Independent day and boarding school , religion = Church of England , president ...

, Hallward applied to become principal of University College,

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

, which, when his term began the following year, had received full university status. He immediately began enlarging and developing the campus from 122 to 400 acres and enhancing the quality of teaching. He retired from the

in 1965.

Other interests and later life

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Hallward served as chairman of the

Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It was first established as a repertory theatre in 1948 when it operated from a former cinema in Goldsmith Street. Directors during this period included Val May and Fr ...

for 15 years. On retirement, he built an ocean-going yacht, sailing around the

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during the summer months. He celebrated his

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at Peterhouse in 2001 and died in 2003, at the age of 102. The Hallward Library, opened in 1972, at the University of Nottingham was named after him and, after his death, a girls' boarding house at Clifton College was established and named after him (Hallward's House).Biography at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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References

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