Thomas Benjamin Everard
| Thomas Benjamin Everard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 03 February 1978 (aged 96–97) |
| Education | Boston Grammar School; The Yorkshire College / University of Leeds (BSc Geology); St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Geography) |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Employer | Leeds Modern School; Lowestoft Technical School; Lowestoft Grammar School; war service; Cambridge and County High School for Boys; Handside School, Welwyn Garden City; Southgate County School |
Thomas Benjamin Everard was educated at Boston Grammar School.
Obituary
From the September 1978 issue of St Catharine's Society Magazine[1]
Thomas Benjamin Everard, known to many as "TB. the schoolmaster musician", was in his 96th Year when he died on February 3, 1978. He will be remembered by many men much younger than himself since he came up as a mature student after service in the First World War, in 1919, while teaching in Cambridge. Everard read Geography; and although Alfred Steers was a contemporary, St Catharine's Geography school had not yet attained the distinction of later years. Everard was, however, the first President of the University Geography Club.
He had been educated at Boston Grammar School and then at Boston Science School[2], going on to The Yorkshire College as a Queen's Scholar in 1900. When The Yorkshire College became Leeds University, in 1904, he took a B.Sc. degree in Geology and then taught at Leeds Modern School (acting also as Secretary of the Leeds Natural History Society), at Lowestoft Technical School and at Lowestoft Grammar School before going off to war service.
After the war he came to St Catharine's, and when he had taken his degree in 1922 he became Senior Geography Master at the Cambridge and County High School for Boys. In the mean-time he had followed his love of music and had become L.R.A.M. and A.R.C.M. From 1926 to 1929 he was Headmaster of Handside School, Welwyn Garden City, and he moved from there to become Headmaster of Southgate County School, a post which he held till retirement in 1945.
In an active retirement he lived at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, playing the piano, continuing his studies, and retaining his lively mind and ready wit to the last. He was given a copy of the Quincentenary Essays on his 95th birthday and subsequently telephoned to say how much pleasure he had derived from the volume and how much he appreciated the Society's Magazine.
References
- ↑ St Catharine's Society Magazine, Sept 1978
- ↑ Confirmation of the existence of a Boston Science School is required. This may have been a typo or misunderstanding.