Text Box: L T Brown obituary

 HEADMASTER FOR 27 YEARS
OF SPRING GROVE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

 

Mr. L.T. Brown

Mr. Leonard Theodore Brown, M.A., who was headmaster of Spring Grove Grammar School for 27 years, died suddenly on Sunday 23 January 1966 at the age of 70. The private funeral took place on Thursday 27 January.
For the last few years Mr. and Mrs. Brown had been living at 193 Goldstone Crescent, Hove. The younger daughter is married and living in New Zealand, and the elder one lives in Richmond.

Mr. Brown was a Scholar and Prizeman of Christ's College, Cambridge. His distinguished University career was interrupted by five years in the Intelligence Service in the First World War. After the war he returned to Cambridge and in 1920 was awarded 1st Class Modern and Mediaeval Languages Tripos, Parts I and II.

His first teaching post was at Haberdashers Aske's School, which he had previously attended as a pupil. Further teaching experience was gained at Sir T. Rich's School, Gloucester, and at Dulwich College, and then, at an early age, he was appointed Headmaster of Longton High School, Stoke on Trent.

It was after three years in this appointment that he became Headmaster of Spring Grove Grammar School, in January 1935. He retired from this position in July, 1962, and in the following year he and Mrs. Brown retired to Hove.

Here his keen interest in education continued and for the last year or two he had assisted in the teaching of languages in a local girls' school.

 

Great headmaster

 

Mrs. Hemming, senior mistress at Spring Grove Grammar School, writes:-
"Mr. Brown will always be remembered with respect and affection by all who knew him. He was a gifted linguist and scholarly in many other fields too. A firm believer in the value of co-education and the development of the individual as well as the corporate spirit, he was an idealist with a practical approach to all problems. He impressed one with his dignity, his never failing courtesy and his unruffled manner.

"He had integrity of character, an inner peace and a boundless fund of wisdom. He never failed to show tolerance and understanding: even in his most polished and gifted speeches, his friendly humour and love of mankind were obvious. He will be thought of as a great headmaster and a friend, always ready to listen, to understand, and to help."

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