George Skerry
George Edward Skerry (1856 – 23 August 1930)[1] was a British educator, mathematician and publisher of commercial arithmetic texts.
Skerry was born in
In 1878 Skerry's College,
distance learning as a correspondence college.[6] Skerry also founded other colleges in Britain; in Liverpool, London, Newcastle upon Tyne and Glasgow
.
In 1884 he founded Skerry's College, in Cork, Ireland, and also founded other colleges in St Stephen's Green, Dublin, and in Belfast. The Cork college was the longest-surviving, and celebrated its centenary in 1984. In 2005 it merged with Griffith College Dublin, forming Griffith College Cork.
Publications
Books by George Skerry include:
- Practical Papers in Book-keeping.
- Practical Papers in Book-keeping, Adapted to the Requirements of Candidates for all Public Examinations and Commercial Life. (1899)
- Practical Indexing and Precis Writing. (1902)
- Skerry's advanced indexing and precis writing. (1910) G.E. Skerry & Co. (London)
- Graduated Exercises in Dictation.
- Skerry's Model Solutions in Advanced Arithmetic, Adapted to the Requirements of Canditates for All Public Examinations. G. E. Skerry & Co. (London)
References
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ 1861 England Census
- ^ Holmberg, 1986:8; Verduin, 1991:16
- ^ The Scotsman Archive, University Exams Tutorial Advert, 1 August 1906[permanent dead link]
- ^ Distance Education - History, Roy Bartels Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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