Frank Sandon (3 June 1890 – 29 May 1979) was a British swimmer and educator.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1890 Islington, London, England |
| Died | 29 May 1979 (aged 88) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Sandon studied mathematics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, finishing as a Wrangler. He joined the Home office but found he was 'too remote from real people', so after the First World War became a schoolmaster. He taught at Highgate School from 1921 to 1923 and at various grammar schools, becoming headmaster of Plymouth Corporation Grammar School, founded in 1562, for eight years until its closure in 1937. A strong believer in co-education, in 1941, Sandon was appointed headmaster of Millom County Secondary School in Millom, Cumberland.[3][4][5] He wrote or contributed to numerous books on statistics.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Frank Sandon". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Sandon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Hughes, Patrick. Highgate School Register 1833-1988 (7th ed.). p. 92.
- ^ Sandon, Frank (1950). "A secondary school in a remote area". The Vocational Aspect of Education. doi:10.1080/03057875080000211.
- ^ "Corporation Grammar School". Old Plymouth. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Frank Sandon". Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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