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121Mohsin Zulfiqar — currently co ordinates the Aimhigher initiative in Leeds, the second largest education authority in England. He has been involved in education since 1970. His first teaching post was at a Chemical Technology institute in Pakistan. He is also the… …
122Billy Hughes (educationist) — Herbert Delauney Hughes (7 September 1914 ndash; 15 November 1995), known as Billy Hughes, was a British adult educationist and Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1950 and principal of Ruskin College from… …
123George Fowlds — George Matthew Fowlds (1860–1934) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Member of ParliamentGeorge Fowlds represented the City of Auckland electorate from 1899 to 1902, and then the Grey Lynn electorate from 1902 to 1911. Independent …
124John Percival (bishop) — John Percival (27 September 1834 ndash; 3 December 1918) was Headmaster of Rugby School before becoming Bishop of Hereford.Early lifePercival was born in Brough Sowerby, Westmorland, and was brought up on his uncle s farm after the death of his… …
125Tawney, Richard Henry — born Nov. 30, 1880, Calcutta, India died Jan. 16, 1962, London, Eng. English economic historian. He was educated at Rugby School and at the University of Oxford, where he wrote his first major work, The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century… …
126Temple, William — ▪ archbishop of Canterbury born Oct. 15, 1881, Exeter, Devonshire, Eng. died Oct. 26, 1944, Westgate on Sea, Kent archbishop of Canterbury who was a leader in the ecumenical movement (ecumenism) and in educational and labour reforms.… …
127the WEA — UK [ˌdʌb(ə)ljuː iː ˈeɪ] / US [ˌdʌb(ə)lju ɪ ˈeɪ] the Workers Educational Association: a UK organization that provides educational courses for adults …
128ROSENBERG, LUDWIG — (1903–1977), German trade union leader. Born in Berlin, Rosenberg was the son of a merchant, and received a commercial education. In 1925 he joined the Clerical Workers Union and in 1928 became a full time official of the union. After a course of …
