Heath, (Henry) Frank, 1863-1946

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Heath, (Henry) Frank, 1863-1946

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        1863-1946

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        HEATH, SIR (HENRY) FRANK, eldest son of Henry Charles Heath, Grove End Road, St. John’s Wood, Middlesex, Miniature Painter to Queen Victoria, and Georgina, dau. of William Woodcock, Brixton, Surrey; b. 11 Dec 1863; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H); left May 1881; University Coll. London 1884-8, Fellow from 1896; BA London; Strasbourg Univ. 1888-90, Ph.D.; Professor of English, Bedford Coll., London 1890-5; Lecturer in English Language and Literature, King’s Coll. London 1891-5; Assistant Registrar and Librarian, Univ. London 1895-1901, Academic Registrar and acting Treasurer 1901-3; Director of Special Inquiries and Reports, Board of Education 1903-16; joint secretary, Royal Commission on University Education in London 1909-13; Principal Assistant Secretary, Universities Branch, Board of Education 1910-17; CB 19 Jun 1911; KCB 4 Jan 1917; Permanent Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1917-27; GBE 1927; member Governing Body, Imperial Coll., Univ. London, from 1931; editor, Modern Language Quarterly 1898-1903; contributed chapters to Social England, and joint editor, The Globe Shakespeare; m. 1st, 1892 Antonia Johanna Sophie Theresa, dau. of Friedrich Gottlieb Eckenstein, Canonbury, Middlesex, merchant; m. 2nd, 26 Mar 1898 Frances Elaine, dau. of James Hawkins Sayer, High Barnet, Herts., and Hastings, Sussex, linendraper; d. 5 Oct 1946. DNB Supp.

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        GB-2014-WSA-08993

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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