John Keate
John Keate (30 March 1773 – 5 March 1852) was an English schoolmaster, and Head Master of Eton College.[1]
He was born at
He was educated at
Taking holy orders, he became, about 1797, an assistant master at Eton College. In 1809 he was elected headmaster, having been "Under Master".[3] Although his predecessor had been somewhat relaxed, and the teacher-pupil ratio was extremely low, the discipline of the school was not improved by the harsh measures that he took as headmaster, including large-scale floggings with the birch, resulting in mass rebellions by the boys. Following an attempted rebellion, Keate flogged more than 80 boys on a single day, 30 June 1832, an event known as the great flogging.[4] He retired in 1834.
Keate was made a canon of the eighth stall of Windsor in 1820. He died at Hartley Wespall, Hampshire, of which parish he had been rector since 1824.
References
- ^ A.Clutton-Brock. "Eton" London: George Bell and Sons.
- ^ "Keate, John (KT792J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Maxwell Lyte, A History of Eton College]
- ^ Archbold, W. A. J. (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Keate, John". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Maxwell Lyte, History of Eton College (3rd ed., 1899)
- Collins, Etoniana
- Harwood, Alumni Etonienses
- Annual Register(1852)
- Gentleman's Magazine(1852)
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