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	<div style='float: right; margin: 1rem 0 0 1rem; clear: right; width:400px;'><youtube width="400px">2Zcn1ZXe8jE</youtube><p style='text-align:center;'>[[Harry Parkhill]]'s final year journalism documentary featuring [[Martin Weaver]] as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]</p></div>		<div style='float: right; margin: 1rem 0 0 1rem; clear: right; width:400px;'><youtube width="400px">2Zcn1ZXe8jE</youtube><p style='text-align:center;'>[[Harry Parkhill]]'s final year journalism documentary featuring Martin Weaver as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]</p></div>

	''by [[Harry Parkhill]]''		''by [[Harry Parkhill]]''
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	Martin was born in [[Wikipedia:Croydon\|Croydon]], south London, to Joan and Tudor Weaver. His father worked for Croydon council while his mother devoted her time to looking after Martin and his two younger brothers, Robert and Graham. He attended [[Wikipedia:Whitgift School\|Whitgift School]], then [[Wikipedia:University of Oxford\|Oxford University]], where he took a double first in biochemistry. From 1975 he taught at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]], in north London, latterly as head of department, and it was there that Martin met Miki Carmichael, who was working at the school as a lab technician while studying for her degree in biological sciences. They married in 1980.		Martin was born in [[Wikipedia:Croydon\|Croydon]], south London, to Joan and Tudor Weaver. His father worked for Croydon council while his mother devoted her time to looking after Martin and his two younger brothers, Robert and Graham. He attended [[Wikipedia:Whitgift School\|Whitgift School]], then [[Wikipedia:University of Oxford\|Oxford University]], where he took a double first in biochemistry. From 1975 he taught at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]], in north London, latterly as head of department, and it was there that Martin met Miki Carmichael, who was working at the school as a lab technician while studying for her degree in biological sciences. They married in 1980.

	Martin's many talents were not confined to the classroom. He played French horn in the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra<ref>[https://www.nso-uk.co.uk/ Norfolk Symphony Orchestra]</ref> and sang tenor in the choir of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|St Botolph's, Boston]] (AKA Boston Stump), occasionally even acting as musical director when required. He was a knowledgeable and experienced guide at the local [[Wikipedia:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds\|RSPB]] reserve as well as an active member of the Fenland branch<ref>[https://www.fenland.camra.org.uk/ Fenland Branch of CAMRA</ref> of the [[Wikipedia:Campaign for Real Ale\|Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA]].		Martin's many talents were not confined to the classroom. He played French horn in the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra<ref>[https://www.nso-uk.co.uk/ Norfolk Symphony Orchestra]</ref> and sang tenor in the choir of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|St Botolph's, Boston]] (AKA Boston Stump), occasionally even acting as musical director when required. He was a knowledgeable and experienced guide at the local [[Wikipedia:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds\|RSPB]] reserve as well as an active member of the Fenland branch<ref>[https://www.fenland.camra.org.uk/ Fenland Branch of CAMRA]</ref> of the [[Wikipedia:Campaign for Real Ale\|Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA]].

	But his unorthodox appearance also marked Martin out as special. Long hair, beard, and wearing sandals in all weathers (and almost all terrains, including the salt marshes of RSPB [[Wikipedia:Freiston Shore\|Freiston Shore]]) he defied all expectations except, perhaps, those of the head of biology, [[Ian Graham]], whose department at the grammar school Martin joined at such short notice. "We needed a miracle," he said, "and in walked Jesus!"		But his unorthodox appearance also marked Martin out as special. Long hair, beard, and wearing sandals in all weathers (and almost all terrains, including the salt marshes of RSPB [[Wikipedia:Freiston Shore\|Freiston Shore]]) he defied all expectations except, perhaps, those of the head of biology, [[Ian Graham]], whose department at the grammar school Martin joined at such short notice. "We needed a miracle," he said, "and in walked Jesus!"

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	=== "a true legend" ===		=== "a true legend" ===
			<div style='float: right; margin: 1rem 0 0 1rem; clear: right; width:400px;'><youtube width="400px">2Zcn1ZXe8jE</youtube><p style='text-align:center;'>[[Harry Parkhill]]'s final year journalism documentary featuring [[Martin Weaver]] as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]</p></div>

	''by [[Harry Parkhill]]''		''by [[Harry Parkhill]]''

	<div style='float: right; margin: 1rem 0 0 1rem; clear: right; width:400px;'><youtube width="400px">2Zcn1ZXe8jE</youtube><p style='text-align:center;'>[[Harry Parkhill]]'s final year journalism documentary featuring [[Martin Weaver]] as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]</p></div>
	Mr Weaver was a true legend and traditional gentleman. He took over my science classes in Year 7 after the first term and was incredibly inspiring and a fascinating character. He helped advise me in my career which led to a job at [[Wikipedia:The Daily Telegraph\|the Telegraph]], but he also was up for a laugh.		Mr Weaver was a true legend and traditional gentleman. He took over my science classes in Year 7 after the first term and was incredibly inspiring and a fascinating character. He helped advise me in my career which led to a job at [[Wikipedia:The Daily Telegraph\|the Telegraph]], but he also was up for a laugh.

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Obituary

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	[[File:MartinWeaver.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Martin Weaver]]		[[File:MartinWeaver.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Martin Weaver]]
	''Written by former colleague [[Tim Atkinson]] and published on The Guardian website<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/martin-weaver-obituary?fbclid=IwAR0wJrYbwxN2X-8RGGcgSlrpSGa_67Kv62RHS_yF_iD-VMaL8-Ashlpg3TA Martin Weaver obituary], written by [[Tim Atkinson]] - The Guardian</ref>''		''Written by former colleague [[Tim Atkinson]] and published on The Guardian website<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/martin-weaver-obituary?fbclid=IwAR0wJrYbwxN2X-8RGGcgSlrpSGa_67Kv62RHS_yF_iD-VMaL8-Ashlpg3TA Martin Weaver obituary], written by [[Tim Atkinson]] - The Guardian (26 March 2021)</ref>''

	Martin Weaver, who has died of cancer aged 72, arrived at Boston Grammar School (where I worked) in 2004 to fill a sudden vacancy. Within a week of arriving we were in the throes of a difficult [[Wikipedia:Ofsted\|OFSTED]] inspection which yielded just two "outstanding" lesson observations. His was one of them.		Martin Weaver, who has died of cancer aged 72, arrived at Boston Grammar School (where I worked) in 2004 to fill a sudden vacancy. Within a week of arriving we were in the throes of a difficult [[Wikipedia:Ofsted\|OFSTED]] inspection which yielded just two "outstanding" lesson observations. His was one of them.

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	He gained a double fist at the University of Oxford. Before arriving at BGS he had retired from a post at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]].		He gained a double fist at the University of Oxford. Before arriving at BGS he had retired from a post at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]].

			== Obituary ==

			[[File:MartinWeaver.jpg\|left\|thumb\|Martin Weaver]]
			''Written by former colleague [[Tim Atkinson]] and published on The Guardian website<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/martin-weaver-obituary?fbclid=IwAR0wJrYbwxN2X-8RGGcgSlrpSGa_67Kv62RHS_yF_iD-VMaL8-Ashlpg3TA Martin Weaver obituary], written by [[Tim Atkinson]] - The Guardian</ref>''

			Martin Weaver, who has died of cancer aged 72, arrived at Boston Grammar School (where I worked) in 2004 to fill a sudden vacancy. Within a week of arriving we were in the throes of a difficult [[Wikipedia:Ofsted\|OFSTED]] inspection which yielded just two "outstanding" lesson observations. His was one of them.

			He was a remarkable polymath of a man. Martin was interested, curious, inquiring and inquisitive of everything and everyone around him. At school, his attitude to troublesome students was always to ask "What more can I do? What else can I try?" Martin's default position seemed always to look to himself for a solution to a problem, irrespective of where blame might actually lie. It was a quality that endeared him to so many. Former students spoke of him as "an inspiration", "a legend," "an amazing teacher," and "engaging, knowledgable and above all kind."

			Martin was born in [[Wikipedia:Croydon\|Croydon]], south London, to Joan and Tudor Weaver. His father worked for Croydon council while his mother devoted her time to looking after Martin and his two younger brothers, Robert and Graham. He attended [[Wikipedia:Whitgift School\|Whitgift School]], then [[Wikipedia:University of Oxford\|Oxford University]], where he took a double first in biochemistry. From 1975 he taught at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]], in north London, latterly as head of department, and it was there that Martin met Miki Carmichael, who was working at the school as a lab technician while studying for her degree in biological sciences. They married in 1980.

			Martin's many talents were not confined to the classroom. He played French horn in the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra<ref>[https://www.nso-uk.co.uk/ Norfolk Symphony Orchestra]</ref> and sang tenor in the choir of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|St Botolph's, Boston]] (AKA Boston Stump), occasionally even acting as musical director when required. He was a knowledgeable and experienced guide at the local [[Wikipedia:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds\|RSPB]] reserve as well as an active member of the Fenland branch<ref>[https://www.fenland.camra.org.uk/ Fenland Branch of CAMRA</ref> of the [[Wikipedia:Campaign for Real Ale\|Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA]].

			But his unorthodox appearance also marked Martin out as special. Long hair, beard, and wearing sandals in all weathers (and almost all terrains, including the salt marshes of RSPB [[Wikipedia:Freiston Shore\|Freiston Shore]]) he defied all expectations except, perhaps, those of the head of biology, [[Ian Graham]], whose department at the grammar school Martin joined at such short notice. "We needed a miracle," he said, "and in walked Jesus!"

			Martin is survived by Miki, their daughter, Rachel, and granddaughter, Eleanor, and by his brothers.

	== Some of the many tributes posted to Facebook following his death ==		== Some of the many tributes posted to Facebook following his death ==
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	He even helped me making my final year documentary for my Journalism by appearing as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]. I could think of no one better to represent one of the greatest thinkers of the modern world than one of the most intelligent teachers I've ever had (and the beard and hair helped!). He'll be fondly remembered.		He even helped me making my final year documentary for my Journalism by appearing as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]. I could think of no one better to represent one of the greatest thinkers of the modern world than one of the most intelligent teachers I've ever had (and the beard and hair helped!). He'll be fondly remembered.

			== References ==
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	'''Martin Weaver''' was a teacher of Biology at [[Boston Grammar School]] (2004-2014).		'''Martin Weaver''' was a teacher of Biology at [[Boston Grammar School]] (2004-2014).

	He gained a double fist at the University of Oxford. Before arriving at BGS he had retired from a post at [[Highgate School]].		He gained a double fist at the University of Oxford. Before arriving at BGS he had retired from a post at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]].

	== Some of the many tributes posted to Facebook following his death ==		== Some of the many tributes posted to Facebook following his death ==

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	''by [[Harry Parkhill]]''		''by [[Harry Parkhill]]''

			<div style='float: right; margin: 1rem 0 0 1rem; clear: right; width:400px;'><youtube width="400px">2Zcn1ZXe8jE</youtube><p style='text-align:center;'>[[Harry Parkhill]]'s final year journalism documentary featuring [[Martin Weaver]] as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]</p></div>
	Mr Weaver was a true legend and traditional gentleman. He took over my science classes in Year 7 after the first term and was incredibly inspiring and a fascinating character. He helped advise me in my career which led to a job at [[Wikipedia:The Daily Telegraph\|the Telegraph]], but he also was up for a laugh.		Mr Weaver was a true legend and traditional gentleman. He took over my science classes in Year 7 after the first term and was incredibly inspiring and a fascinating character. He helped advise me in my career which led to a job at [[Wikipedia:The Daily Telegraph\|the Telegraph]], but he also was up for a laugh.

	He even helped me making my final year documentary for my Journalism by appearing as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]. I could think of no one better to represent one of the greatest thinkers of the modern world than one of the most intelligent teachers I've ever had (and the beard and hair helped!). He'll be fondly remembered.		He even helped me making my final year documentary for my Journalism by appearing as [[Wikipedia:Galileo Galilei\|Galileo Galilei]]. I could think of no one better to represent one of the greatest thinkers of the modern world than one of the most intelligent teachers I've ever had (and the beard and hair helped!). He'll be fondly remembered.
	~~<div style='float: left; margin-right: 1rem'><youtube>2Zcn1ZXe8jE</youtube></div>~~

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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	Martin was born in [[Wikipedia:Croydon\|Croydon]], south London, to Joan and Tudor Weaver. His father worked for Croydon council while his mother devoted her time to looking after Martin and his two younger brothers, Robert and Graham. He attended [[Wikipedia:Whitgift School\|Whitgift School]], then [[Wikipedia:University of Oxford\|Oxford University]], where he took a double first in biochemistry. From 1975 he taught at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]], in north London, latterly as head of department, and it was there that Martin met Miki Carmichael, who was working at the school as a lab technician while studying for her degree in biological sciences. They married in 1980.		Martin was born in [[Wikipedia:Croydon\|Croydon]], south London, to Joan and Tudor Weaver. His father worked for Croydon council while his mother devoted her time to looking after Martin and his two younger brothers, Robert and Graham. He attended [[Wikipedia:Whitgift School\|Whitgift School]], then [[Wikipedia:University of Oxford\|Oxford University]], where he took a double first in biochemistry. From 1975 he taught at [[Wikipedia:Highgate School\|Highgate School]], in north London, latterly as head of department, and it was there that Martin met Miki Carmichael, who was working at the school as a lab technician while studying for her degree in biological sciences. They married in 1980.

	Martin's many talents were not confined to the classroom. He played French horn in the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra<ref>[https://www.nso-uk.co.uk/ Norfolk Symphony Orchestra]</ref> and sang tenor in the choir of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|St Botolph's, Boston]] (AKA Boston Stump), occasionally even acting as musical director when required. He was a knowledgeable and experienced guide at the local [[Wikipedia:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds\|RSPB]] reserve as well as an active member of the Fenland branch<ref>[https://www.fenland.camra.org.uk/ Fenland Branch of CAMRA</ref> of the [[Wikipedia:Campaign for Real Ale\|Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA]].		Martin's many talents were not confined to the classroom. He played French horn in the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra<ref>[https://www.nso-uk.co.uk/ Norfolk Symphony Orchestra]</ref> and sang tenor in the choir of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|St Botolph's, Boston]] (AKA Boston Stump), occasionally even acting as musical director when required. He was a knowledgeable and experienced guide at the local [[Wikipedia:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds\|RSPB]] reserve as well as an active member of the Fenland branch<ref>[https://www.fenland.camra.org.uk/ Fenland Branch of CAMRA]</ref> of the [[Wikipedia:Campaign for Real Ale\|Campaign for Real Ale, CAMRA]].

	But his unorthodox appearance also marked Martin out as special. Long hair, beard, and wearing sandals in all weathers (and almost all terrains, including the salt marshes of RSPB [[Wikipedia:Freiston Shore\|Freiston Shore]]) he defied all expectations except, perhaps, those of the head of biology, [[Ian Graham]], whose department at the grammar school Martin joined at such short notice. "We needed a miracle," he said, "and in walked Jesus!"		But his unorthodox appearance also marked Martin out as special. Long hair, beard, and wearing sandals in all weathers (and almost all terrains, including the salt marshes of RSPB [[Wikipedia:Freiston Shore\|Freiston Shore]]) he defied all expectations except, perhaps, those of the head of biology, [[Ian Graham]], whose department at the grammar school Martin joined at such short notice. "We needed a miracle," he said, "and in walked Jesus!"