Frederick Savage
Colonel Frederick Walter Savage VD (28 July 1847 – 19 August 1930) was a British schoolmaster who founded Seaford College in 1884.[2]
Frederick Savage | |
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 Frederick Savage in Algiers in 1878 | |
| Born | 28 July 1847 |
| Died | 19 August 1930 (aged 83) |
| Known for | Founder and Headmaster of Seaford College |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Skeffington[1] |
The son of John Savage and Mary Ann Baldwin, he was born in Middlesex in 1847, and qualified as a Licentiate of the College of Preceptors. He became Head of Junior School at University School, Hastings, before leaving to found Seaford College at Corsica Hall, Seaford, Sussex in 1884, where he served as inaugural Headmaster until 1920.[3] The College would later relocate to Lavington Park, Petworth, in 1946, but retain its original name.[4] A commanding officer in the 1st Sussex Engineer Volunteers, in 1891 he formed an affiliated Cadet Corps at Seaford College.[5] He was a recipient of the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and a member of the Société de Géographie.[4][6] He died in Cranleigh, Surrey, on 19 August 1930.
Publications
- Memory book of the French grammar (1878)
- French exercises, based on the Memory work of the French grammar (1878)
References
- "Seaford College Record 1884-85". Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- The Schoolmasters' Yearbook & Educational Directory: Reference Book of Secondary and University Education in England and Wales, 1916
- "When free time meant digging trenches". Sussex Express. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- Joscelyn, Johnson. The Story of Seaford College – A Mosaic of Memories.
- Gordon, Kevin. Seaford and Eastbourne in the Great War. Pen & Sword Military.
- Bulletin de la Société de géographie, 1879