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Thomas Richmond ROWELL [1896-1974]

Submitted by eurasian_david on Mon, 2020-12-28 18:51

Status:

Deceased

Sex:

Male

Names

Family:

Rowell

Given:

Thomas Richmond

Birth

Date:

1896-12-26

Birthplace (town, state):

Burnley, Lancashire, England

Death

Date:

1974-06-29

Director of Education

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has announced that he proposes to appoint Col. T.R. Rowell as Director of Education in Hong Kong.

Col. Rowell joined the Education Department in April, 1923 and taught at the Central British School, King's College and the Ellis Kadoorie Indian School.

In 1936, he was acting Inspcetor of School and from 1924 he lectured at the Evening Institute in science and teacher training. He also lectured in geography at Hong Kong University. <Read more ...>