Sir Thomas Percy Nunn (28 December 1870 – 12 December 1944) was a British educationalist, Professor of Education, 1913–36 at

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. He was knighted in 1930.

Early life

Nunn was born in Bristol in 1870. His grandfather and father were schoolmasters. He was interested in making of mathematical instruments and writing plays. He got his education at Bristol University College. He received his B.A in 1895.

Career

His career started as a secondary school teacher at grammar school in London in 1891. From 1891 till 1901 he developed methods of teaching which revolutionised the teaching of mathematics in the UK. In 1903 he became a member of the staff in the London Day Training college. He worked as a part-time lecturer. In 1915 he attended the third ''Conference of the New Ideals in Education'' in Stratford where a group including Belle Rennie, William Mather and Nunn agreed that a new teacher training facility was required. This would lead to the ''Gipsy Hill College'' in South London which in time became a key part of

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. Nunn became a professor of education at the University of London. In 1922 was appointed Principal. He was the president of the Aristotelian Society from 1923-1924.

Selected publications

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References

*Richard Aldrich, 'Nunn, Sir (Thomas) Percy (1870–1944)’,

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, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, retrieved 26 January 2012 * http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=2542&inst_id=5 1870 births 1944 deaths Academics of the UCL Institute of Education British educational theorists Knights Bachelor Mathematics education in the United Kingdom Presidents of the Aristotelian Society {{UK-academic-bio-stub