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Frederick William Sanderson

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May 13, 1857, Brancepeth, Durham, Eng.
Died:
June 15, 1922, London (aged 65)
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Frederick William Sanderson (born May 13, 1857, Brancepeth, Durham, Eng.—died June 15, 1922, London) was an English schoolmaster whose reorganization of Oundle School had considerable influence on the curriculum and methods of secondary education. In 1889 Sanderson became senior physics master at Dulwich College, London. In 1892 he was appointed headmaster of Oundle, near Peterborough, Northamptonshire, at a critical time in the fortunes of the school. He transformed Oundle by completing an ambitious building program that included laboratories, workshops, a foundry, an observatory, an experimental farm, and a spacious library. The science and engineering departments he established attracted many boys ...(100 of 121 words)

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