Ronald Groves MA BSc (Oxon); FRIC, (19 August 19088 February 1991) was a noted educationalist and academic and was Master of

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2-18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...

from 1954 to 1966.

Early life

He was born the son of John Ackroyd and Annie Groves in

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

. He was educated at

Bradford Grammar School Bradford Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational private day school located in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Entrance is by examination. For the sixth form admission is based on GCSE results. The school gives means-tested ...

and went on to

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church (, the temple or house, ''wikt:aedes, ædes'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by Henry V ...

, from where he received a

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degree in

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(chemistry) in 1931. In 1939 he married Hilary Annot (the younger daughter of a former Master of

, George Smith), with whom he had two sons.''Who’s Who 1975'', page 1302, (A&C Black: London)

Career

Having completed his education he went on to become assistant master from 1931 to 1932 at

Bradfield College Bradfield College is a coeducational public school (independent boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18, in the village of Bradfield, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It is noted for its open-air Greek theatre and its trien ...

, and then from 1932 to 1935 at

Worksop College Worksop College (formerly St Cuthbert's College) is a British co-educational private school for both boarding and day pupils aged 11 to 18, in Worksop. It sits at the northern edge of Sherwood Forest, in Nottinghamshire, England. Founded by N ...

. In 1935 he took up the role of senior science master at

The King's School, Canterbury The King's School is a public school in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's oldest public school and is considered to be the oldest continuously op ...

and became bursar of that school in 1937. In 1943 he began his first headmastership at Campbell College, Belfast, and remained at that school until 1954. He left Campbell College in 1954 to become master of

, where he remained until 1966. During his time at Dulwich College, he also became chairman of the Food Standards Committee from 1959 to 1962. Following his retirement from Dulwich College in 1966, he became an adviser to the Joint Working Party of Governing Bodies' Association and Headmasters' Conference until 1973. From 1969 he was secretary of the Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust. He was also a trustee of

King's College Hospital King's College Hospital is a major teaching hospital and major trauma centre in Denmark Hill, Camberwell in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH". It is managed by ...

and a member of the council of the King's College Hospital Medical School. He was a member of the Athenaeum Club as well as the MCC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Groves, Ronald 1908 births 1991 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford People educated at Bradford Grammar School English educational theorists Masters of Dulwich College Teachers at Worksop College