George T Vernon Howard
George T Vernon Howard | |
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Born |
1840 Middlesex |
Died | 6 August 1902 (aged 61–62) |
Roles | Drawing Master |
Years at BGS | 1861-1902 |
Departments | Art |
Subjects | Drawing |
Predecessor | F B Ladbrook |
Spouse | Eliza Howard |
Children | Vernon, Charles, Frank, Alan |
George T Vernon Howard (Vernon Howard, d. 6 August 1902) was appointed drawing master of Boston Grammar School in 1861. He remained at the school until his death in 1902.
Howard was a Londoner and had been left "at a very early age, with little beyond his love of art to make his own way in the world". This was because his father, who secured "a good opening" in the United States, died while returning to the United Kingdom to collect his family. The liner SS President, on which Howard senior was travelling, was lost on the voyage in March 1841 with all 136 on board.
Vernon Howard exhibited both water colours and oil paintings at the Royal Academy and other galleries, and many of his works were purchased by Liverpool Art Gallery, Nottingham Castle, and other permanent collections.
Howard also became headmaster of the Boston School of Art, and taught both day and evening classes in Boston, Grantham, Louth, Peterborough and Stamford. He was a "singularly hard-working man" who "laboured arduously and successfully as an art master, teaching carefully, with his inherent truthfulness, all he was so well able to impart".
His sons entered Boston Grammar School: Vernon in 1873, Charles in 1875, Frank in 1881 and Alan in 1888.
The headmaster, William White, wrote of Howard, on his death in 1902:
His ready tact and painstaking kindness made him a popular master with the boys, and he was... a familiar figure with them in their sports , as well as in the classroom. He was an excellent gymnast, and a keen football and tennis player...