Cyril Norwood
Sir Cyril M. Norwood (15 September 1875 – 13 March 1956) was an English educationalist who served as Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School and Harrow School, Master of Marlborough College, and President of St John's College, Oxford.
Biography
The son of the Reverend Samuel Norwood, of
He was a classics schoolmaster at Leeds Grammar School (1901–1906), before serving as Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School (1906–1916), Master of Marlborough College (1917–1925), Headmaster of Harrow (1926–1934) and President of St John's, Oxford, from 1934-1946.[3]
Norwood Report
After being appointed to chair a committee for
Other
During the Second World War, Norwood served on the Tribunal hearing the cases of men seeking to be accepted as conscientious objectors.[7]
At this time, Norwood owned and lived at Trerose Manor in Cornwall.
His son-in-law was the Rev C. B. Canning, Headmaster of Canford.
After
As well as his role in education he also wrote an introduction for
He retired to Iwerne Minster in Dorset where he died in 1956.[8] He was married to Catherine Margaret Kilner in December 1901 and was knighted in 1938 for services to education.[9]
A building is named after him as part of Bristol Grammar School's Elton Road Houses and is primarily used for the teaching of modern languages. The main dining hall at Marlborough College is named the Norwood Hall. Norwood wrote the lyrics, in Latin, for Bristol Grammar School's song, Carmen Bristoliense, which is still sung today.
References
- ISBN 978-1403967930.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35262. Retrieved 14 November 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Notes on the text The Norwood Report (1943) Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools". Education in England. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Cyril Norwood and a national labour service". The Learning Professor. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ The July 1943 White Paper, in which Butler laid out his proposals for a bill (which eventually became the Education Act 1944), recommended selection of children into three types of education, but not necessarily in separate schools. See Political career of Rab Butler (1941–1951).
- ^ (Joel D. Heck Irrigating Deserts: C. S. Lewis on Education, St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2005, p. 157)
- ^ "Conscientious objectors". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 9 May 1940. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Norwood Papers". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ISBN 9780415382892.