Arthur Foot

For the Irish doctor, professor of medicine, and entomologist, see Arthur Wynne Foot. For other uses, see Arthur Foot (disambiguation).

Arthur E. Foot
CBE
Born21 June 1901
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Died26 September 1968(1968-09-26) (aged 67)
NationalityBritish
OccupationSchoolmaster
Known forSchoolmaster at Eton College
First headmaster of the Doon School & Ottershaw School

Arthur Edward Foot CBE (more commonly A.E. Foot) (21 June 1901 – 26 September 1968), was an English schoolmaster, educationalist and academic.[1][2] He was a science master at Eton College from 1923 to 1932. In 1935, he was invited to India to head a newly opened all-boys boarding school, the Doon School,[3] where he was the first headmaster from 1935 to 1948.[4] He then returned to England as head of another new school, Ottershaw.[5]

  1. ^ "Doon School is popular for building an 'aristocracy of service' - Academy - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Remembering Jack Gibson: By Doon Alum". Jtmgibson.typepad.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Headmaster's Interview with Financial Times". Harpritsan.com. 2 January 2003. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Ottershaw Park". Johnathersuch.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Mr A. E. Foot". The Times. No. 57374. London. 5 October 1968. p. 10.