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Francis Danby, The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton, watercolour, c. 1820. The Bristol School (or Bristol School of Artists) is a term applied retrospectively to describe the informal association and works of a group of artists working in Bristol, England, in the early 19th century. [1] It was mainly active in the 1820s, although the origins ...
Sep 16, 2024 · Clifton High School for Girls was founded in 1877 by a group of Bristol and Clifton citizens, notably Lt.Col. A.C.Pears and Dr. John Percival. The school was administered by a Council, the first President being the Very Revd. Gilbert Elliott, Dean of Bristol. The school was opened on 24 January 1878.
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The school became a direct grant grammar school in 1946 as a result of the Education Act 1944 and chose to become independent when direct grants were abolished by the 1974–9 Labour Government. The Grammar School over the Frome Gate was in the care of its first schoolmaster, Thomas Moffat, when good fortune stepped in to secure its future.
Paul Stephenson, who led a boycott in 1963 of the Bristol Omnibus company, and George Odlum, who was the first black president of a Students' Union anywhere in the UK, are both having rooms named after them in the University of Bristol's Students' Union (Bristol SU) building.
Oct 20, 2023 · During his time at the University of Bristol, Saint Lucian politician George Odlum (BA 1959) was the first Black student in any UK university to become president of the Students Union and went on to become a leading voice in Caribbean politics during a time of significant social change. Although Odlum died 20 years ago, […]
Florence Brown Special Needs School in Knowle West was named after her; it existed from 1969 to 2010. [13] [14] [15] The school was named for her as Brown was active in disabled charities: she was the chair of Bristol Action Research for the Crippled Child.
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DR Fernando Cervantes – BRISTOL FRATERNITY PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT AND ARCHIVIST ON THE LAY DOMINICANS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. I teach history at the University of Bristol but have had a marked interest in religion and theology ever since I first came to England in the early 1970s.
