Lawrence Adamson

Lawrence Adamson
CMG
Born
Lawrence Arthur Adamson

(1860-04-20)April 20, 1860
Douglas, Isle of Man
DiedDecember 14, 1932(1932-12-14) (aged 72)
OccupationSchoolmaster

Lawrence Arthur Adamson, CMG, (20 April 1860 – 14 December 1932) was a schoolmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia, and is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential in the nation's educational history.[1] Upon his retirement in 1932 it was written that he'd been "not only a teacher of boys, but a leader of men."[2]

  1. ^ Felix Meyer, Adamson of Wesley : the story of a great headmaster, Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne, 1932, passim.
  2. ^ R.W.E. Wilmot, Head Master's Recollections, The Australasian (Melbourne), 30 July 1932, p7.