I. M. B. Stuart
Ian Stuart | |
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Born | 18 September 1902 |
Died | 3 August 1969 | (aged 66)
Other names | Stuart, I. M. B |
Occupation(s) | Irish schoolmaster, rugby player, and author |
Ian Malcolm Bowen Stuart (18 September 1902 – 3 August 1969), known as I. M. B. Stuart, was an
In 1924 he played
Life
The son of William Henry Stuart, Estates Commissioner for Ireland, by his marriage to Florence Ann Bowen, Stuart was educated at
From 1925 to 1927 Stuart was an assistant schoolmaster at
Migrating to the United States, Stuart served as Director of Student Guidance at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1949, then was Director of the Alabama Educational Foundation for four years before joining the Southern States Industrial Council as Director of Public Relations and Education for a further four years. He was Director for Community Relations at the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association from 1957 to 1964.[1]
In his The Theory of Modern Rugby (1930), Stuart complains that the English invented most of the world's games, but lack the ability to win at them.[6] He concluded that "the spirit of the game is the prize".[7]
Stuart married Barbara Millar, of Weybridge, Surrey, and they had one son and two daughters.[1]
Books
- A Text Book on Rugby Football (1926)
- The Theory of Modern Rugby Football (London: Macmillan, 1930)
- Reminiscences of a Public School Boy (London: 1932, with William Nichols Marcy)
- Matriculation English History, 1485–1815 (London: Heinemann, 1934)
- Scenes Selected from Shakespeare (1934)
- The Simplified Shakespeare Series, ed. (London: 8 volumes)
- Thoughts for Johnny (Vulcan Press, 1954)
- Radio Talks (American Book & Publishing Company, 1964)
Honours
- Royal Humane Society parchment for gallantry[1]
- Freedoms Foundation Award, 1960[1]
- Douglas MacArthur Medal, 1964[1]
- Daughters of the American Revolution Medal, 1966[1]
- Congress Freedom Medal, 1966[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j STUART, Ian Malcolm Bowen in Who Was Who (A & C Black), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 18 February 2014 (subscription site)
- ^ I. M. B. Stuart, Thoughts for Johnny (Vulcan Press, 1954), p. 186
- ^ 'Rugby Football' in The Times (London), issue 44078 dated 28 September 1925, p. 7
- ^ 'The Army Outplay Blackheath' in The Times (London), issue 44190 dated 8 February 1926, p. 5
- ^ Christopher Tyerman, A History of Harrow School, 1324–1991 (2000), p. 472
- ^ Matthew Knight, Between the Lines - the Spirit of South African Rugby (2012), p. 83, citing I. M. B. Stuart, The Theory of Modern Rugby (1930), p. xv
- ^ Yehuda Shinar, Think Like a Winner (Random House, 2012), p. 81