Michael Hoban
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Brian Michael Stanislaus Hoban (7 October 1921 in British Guiana – 6 July 2003), was a teacher of classics, and Headmaster of Harrow School from 1971–81.
His father died when he was a small child and he spent two years in an orphanage. In 1934 he won a scholarship to Charterhouse, where he remained until the onset of World War II in 1939. He spent the war as a captain with the Westminster Dragoons, and was mentioned in dispatches.[1]
From 1946–49 he was a student of classics at
St Edmund's School, Canterbury
.
From 1964–71, he was Headmaster of
public schools
generally, due to the political environment and financial pressures. Despite sometimes public criticism, Hoban responded with cost-saving measures, whilst refurbishing houses. During his tenure at Harrow, numbers slipped below 700 only three times. He oversaw many important building projects, including the new Central Feeding block; the New Knoll boarding house; and new physics and maths schools. He retired in 1981.
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Death
Hoban died on 6 July 2003, aged 81.
References
- ^ "Michael Hoban". 18 July 2003.
- ^ Hoban obituary in The Telegraph