Ronald Groves
Ronald Groves MA BSc (Oxon); FRIC, (19 August 1908 – 8 February 1991) was a noted educationalist and academic and was Master of Dulwich College from 1954 to 1966.
Early life
He was born the son of John Ackroyd and Annie Groves in
Natural Sciences (Chemistry) in 1931. In 1939 he married Hilary Annot (the younger daughter of a former Master of Dulwich College, George Smith) with whom he had two sons.[1]
Career
Having completed his education he went on to become Assistant Master from 1931 to 1932 at
Campbell College, Belfast and remained at that school until 1954. He left Campbell College in 1954 to become Master of Dulwich College where he remained until 1966. During his time at Dulwich College he also became Chairman of the Food Standards Committee
from 1959 to 1962.
Following his retirement from Dulwich College in 1966 he became an adviser to the Joint Working Party of Governing Bodies' Association and Headmasters' Conference until 1973. From 1969 he was secretary of the
Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust. He was also a Trustee of King's College Hospital
and a Member of the Council of the King's College Hospital Medical School.
He was a member of the Athenaeum Club as well as the MCC.[1]