• John Leonard Thorn (28 April 1925 – 20 October 2023) was an English schoolmaster, writer and educational consultant. He was headmaster of Repton School...
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  • Baggley, Headmaster, Bolton School, 1978 J S Woodhouse, Headmaster, Rugby School, 1979 I D S Beer, Headmaster, Lancing College, 1980 John Thorn, Head Master...
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  • "The Headmaster Ritual" is a song by English band the Smiths that appeared as the first song on their second studio album, Meat Is Murder (1985). It was...
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  • an athletic as an academic powerhouse. Thorn retired in 1992, and William Campbell succeeded Thorn as headmaster for three years. In 1995 the Board of...
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  • Smyth's abusive behaviour without naming him. In February 1989, John Thorn, the headmaster of Winchester College during the years that Smyth was active,...
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  • Repton School (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    Fisher (1914–1932) John Christie (1932–1937) H.G. Michael Clarke (1937–1943) Theodore Lynam Thomas (1944–1961) John Thorn (1961–1968) John Gammell (1968–1978)...
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    back of a map drawn in 1577–1580; he noted that "circa 1494 Mr. Robert Thorn his father, and Mr. Eliot of Bristow, discovered Newfound Land." In his...
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  • Vincent Lam 1974 medicine, novelist Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, The Headmaster's Wager Tsering Yangzom Lama novelist We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies...
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    His mother was one of three daughters of William Douglas Sloane and Emily Thorn Vanderbilt, and a granddaughter of William Henry Vanderbilt. His father...
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  • Bristol Grammar School (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    Harrow, and as president of St John's College, Oxford. The headmaster, Jaideep Barot MA MSc, is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference...
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    (2003). Key Ideas in Economics. Nelson Thornes. p. 81. ISBN 0-7487-7081-X. Friedman, Milton (Spring 1997). "John Maynard Keynes". Economic Quarterly. 83/2...
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    Dead, was released in June 1986, following its singles "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again". Marr added ersatz strings with...
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    to Columbia College's freshman class. In 1864, when Anthon retired as headmaster, the trustees of Columbia College ended their relationship with the Grammar...
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  • away by policemen, with Stimpson still giving headmasterly orders to all the officers in the car. John Cleese as Brian Stimpson Penelope Wilton as Pat...
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    Winchester College (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    1930. The headmasters of Winchester College from the 14th century onwards are: 1373 Richard Herton 1388 John Melton 1394 Thomas Romsey 1407 John Pole 1414...
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  • Martin Blake. Although the church is the focus of the local community, the Thornes live a frugal life and struggle financially. Vera lives vicariously through...
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    Clifton College (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    an old boy who was a Physics master at Clifton, was later headmaster of Gresham's J. L. Thorn, master at Clifton 1949 to 1961, later head of Repton and...
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  • cancer. Donald Mackay, 86, Scottish-born Canadian chemical engineer. John Thorn, 98, English schoolmaster, writer and educational consultant. 21 October...
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  • in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Mr Bob Jones in the early 1970s. "Bawming the Thorn" occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's...
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    Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    David Peace. Headmasters of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield from 1591 to the present time. 1591-1598 Rev Edward Mawde MA, St John's College, Cambridge...
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  • class 5C. He is fiercely loyal (to the point of sycophancy) to the headmaster but a thorn in the side of the rest of the staff. His various comeuppances provide...
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  • Desmond Lee (classical scholar) (category Headmasters of Clifton College)
    1972 Wittgenstein's Lectures 1930–32 (ed.), 1980 John Thorn, a pupil of Lee's who also became headmaster of Winchester College 'LEE, Sir Henry Desmond Pritchard...
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    Ipswich School (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    the first Headmaster. previously the school had a master and an Usher as deputy. 2010- Nicholas J. Weaver 1993-2010 Ian Galbraith 1972-1993 John Blatchly...
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    Sgt. Frog – Kogoro 2010 Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Geega Blue Drop – Headmaster Fukamachi Canaan – Toyama Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street – Booker...
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    Eton College (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore, making it the 18th-oldest school in the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). Originally intended as a sister...
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    Stonyhurst College (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    the Wintour vestments, a cope made for Henry VII, and a thorn said to be from the crown of thorns placed upon Jesus' head at the crucifixion.: 137–140 ...
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  • Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" single The single mixes of "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" and "Ask" The studio versions of "The Draize Train", "Work...
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    Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne (category Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference)
    been in use since September 2006. Geoffrey Stanford is Headmaster as of February 2020, replacing John Fern. There are 91 members of teaching staff in the...
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  • present site in Gweru. The first Headmaster was Phil Todd who retired in 1961. He was followed by Geoff Lambert, John Eadie, John Drinkwater and Noel Gocha....
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  • permanent solution was needed. The Rugby Christadelphians opened the Little Thorn Lodge on Hillmorton Road in July 1939. The home was run by a Czechoslovakian...
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