Kingsley Fairbridge | |
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Born | Kingsley Ogilvie Fairbridge 5 May 1885 Grahamstown, South Africa |
Died | 19 July 1924 Perth, Western Australia | (aged 39)
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Spouse |
Ruby Whitmore (m. 1911) |
Children | 4, including Rhodes |
Kingsley Ogilvie Fairbridge (5 May 1885 – 19 July 1924) was the founder of a child emigration scheme from Britain to its colonies and the Fairbridge Schools. His life work was the founding of the "Society for the Furtherance of Child Emigration to the Colonies", which was afterwards incorporated as the "Child Emigration Society" and ultimately the "Fairbridge Society".