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16-542: Dewhirst is a surname, and may refer to: Edward Dewhirst (1815–1904), Australian minister and educationist Ian Dewhirst (born 1936), English historian and author Joan Dewhirst (born 1935), British figure skater John Dawson Dewhirst (1952–c.1978), British teacher and yachtsman James Dewhirst (born 1892, date of death unknown), English World War I flying ace Kym Winter-Dewhirst , Australian public servant [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

32-624: A Nonconformist minister under John Pye-Smith at Homerton College, Cambridge . In 1849 Dewhirst married Mary Ann, the eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Jarvis of Saint Helier , Jersey , Channel Islands . He emigrated to Victoria in 1853, where he worked as a Baptist minister, moving to South Australia in 1855 as a minister, first Baptist then Congregational at the Ebenezer Place church and filling in as Classics master at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution . His wife followed, arriving in

48-461: A few subjects was at odds with the prevailing trend of less intense teaching over a broad range. When J. A. Hartley , who had similar ideas, was made Inspector-General of Schools he was promoted to Senior Inspector of Schools. In June 1891 he retired to the Adelaide Hills town of Nairne , where he was able to indulge his passions for literature, cricket and gardening, and became a valued member of

64-407: A select committee was appointed to go into the questions at issue. In November of that year the inquiry was taken over by a Royal Commission . Much evidence was taken and the whole question of primary education was exhaustively examined. The report of the commission completely exonerated Hartley and spoke in the highest terms of his methods. Henceforth he was completely trusted by successive ministers,

80-549: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Edward Dewhirst Edward Dewhirst (30 August 1815 – 4 February 1904) was a well-known South Australian minister of religion and educationist, born in Suffolk , England. His five children were also prominent in business and public life. Edward Dewhirst was born in 1815, the third son of Rev. Charles Dewhirst, Independent (as Congregationalists often styled themselves) minister of Bury St. Edmunds , Suffolk , England. He

96-762: The Libertas in 1857, accompanied by two sisters. He received a licence to perform marriages in January 1857, but relinquished it in October 1858 when he joined the literary staff of The Register . One of his duties was writing for Farm and Garden , which must have suited him as he was a keen gardener. In August 1860 he was appointed second Inspector of Schools with the South Australian Education Department , where his kindly ways endeared him to both staff and students, although his philosophy of sound learning in

112-412: The surname Dewhirst . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dewhirst&oldid=766494987 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

128-674: The Wesleyan College, Handsworth, Birmingham, and was born in Yorkshire , England . He was educated at the Woodhouse Grove School , near Bradford , (1853–1860), and University College, London , where he graduated B.A. in 1868 and B.Sc. in 1870. He taught for a time at his old school Woodhouse Grove, and at the Methodist College Belfast where he was second master. Hartley married Elizabeth Annie Green sister-in-law of

144-543: The community, dying there in 1904. His wife Mary Ann Dewhirst (7 November 1823 – 17 August 1913) was born in Saint Helier where they married. She followed him to Adelaide in 1857. She was for many years deaconess of the North Adelaide Baptist Church and taught at their women's Bible class. They had five children: John Anderson Hartley Hartley was the son of the Rev. John Hartley, governor of

160-521: The comparatively early age of 52 was felt in South Australia to be a public calamity. His great capacity for work, his insistence on discipline tempered by kindness, his consideration for others, his scholarly attainments, and his administrative capacity, made him a great director of education. The education system of South Australia, entirely remodelled in his time, was his monument. It was said that he had brought its administration to such perfection that

176-423: The headmaster, Rev. Robert Crooke. In 1871 Hartley became head master of Prince Alfred College , Adelaide , South Australia , then a comparatively new school with about 100 pupils. In three years the number was raised to 150 and Hartley was getting on so well with the staff and the boys that it appeared as though the college had found its ideal principal . However, in 1875 Hartley resigned to become president of

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192-554: The newly appointed council of education. Some four years later the council was abolished, and Hartley was appointed inspector-general of schools and permanent head of the South Australian Education Department. He immediately began remodelling the whole system. He met with opposition from a section of the press and from teachers who objected to his methods, and Hartley was more pleased than otherwise when in August 1881

208-399: The public, and his teaching staff. It was said of him in later years that his few opponents were people who had never met him and had little real knowledge of his methods. His first problem had been to build up a sound system of primary education, but as the years went by his efforts were given to relating this in the best possible way to secondary education and the university. Hartley devised

224-483: The system of junior, senior, and advanced public examinations, and, as a member of the council of the University of Adelaide from its beginning in 1874, he gave much time to committee work and the framing of the curriculum for degrees. He was appointed vice-chancellor in 1893 and held the position until his death. He found time to take an interest in the public service association of which he was president several times. He

240-478: Was educated there at King Edward VI Grammar School , having classics instruction from the headmaster John William Donaldson . In 1833 he was articled to a surgeon and started studying medicine, but in 1836 sailed for Jamaica in the West Indies where he worked for two or three years, and made the acquaintance of Rev. Matthew Henry Hodge . He suffered from a fever, and returned to England, where he studied to become

256-518: Was the prime mover in organizing the public teachers' provident fund, and he was also associated with the public service provident fund. In connexion with his own department he edited the Education Gazette and was responsible for a paper for juveniles, The Children's Hour . He died on 15 September 1896 as the result of an accident while riding a bicycle. His funeral procession was led by six headmasters and 3,000 children. The death of Hartley at

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