Stanley Anselm Bosworth (August 20, 1927 – August 7, 2011) was the founding headmaster of Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, which he headed from 1965 to 2004. Stanley Bosworth was born in

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and raised in Washington Heights, the child of Murray and Bertha Bosworth. Murray had immigrated from

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. Stanley Bosworth was drafted into the American Army during the

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, in which he was a codebreaker stationed in

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. Afterwards, he lived in Paris, studying poetry and philosophy at the Sorbonne, and would later go on to earn an advanced degree in philosophy at

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, where he taught for some time. Bosworth would go on to teach French at the now-defunct Walden School on the Upper West Side. In 1965, he was selected as the first headmaster at Saint Ann's School, where he was known for his eccentric, aphoristic leadership.

Death

Bosworth died at his home in

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of complications of dementia on August 7, 2011, at the age of 83.Martin, Douglas
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'', August 11, 2011. Accessed November 12, 2017. "Stanley Bosworth, a self-described “old wizard” who shaped his own Hogwarts in Brooklyn in the form of Saint Ann's School, which rapidly gained national prominence for its free-form approach to education and its success in sending graduates to top colleges, died on Sunday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 83.... Mr. Bosworth, who lived in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, was married three times."

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1927 births 2011 deaths New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science alumni New York University faculty American school principals People from Washington Heights, Manhattan People from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn {{US-academic-administrator-1920s-stub