Author: Sahar Hamouda
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247569
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is at once the history of a remarkable and fascinating phenomenon--a British-style public school rooted in Egyptian soil boasting such alumni as King Hussein of Jordan, Omar Sharif, and Edward Said--and a reflection of the spirit of Alexandria during the first half of the twentieth century. Its publication in October 2002 is timed to coincide with the school's centenary. Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. It was the brainchild of a group of British businessmen who formed the nucleus of Alexandria's small British community. Deliberately fashioned as an independent, secular school, open to anyone who could afford its fees, it attracted the children both of the elite--royalty, diplomats, magnates, politicians, landowners--and of very ordinary people. Its pupils came not only from all over Egypt, but from the entire Middle East and beyond. This immensely readable history is, in the first place, a book about and for the Old Victorians. In a series of colorful sketches, backed by plentiful quotation from documents in the school archives, a series of engaging and distinguished characters come to life, not least Victoria's first two headmasters, C.R. Lias and his successor R.W.G. Reed--the two men whose enlightened vision and skillful leadership made the school what it was. Yet at the same time, this is a book whose appeal extends far beyond its immediate subject matter. In the process of putting together the story of a school, the authors have uncovered a wealth of material that will interest Middle East and postcolonial scholars as well as educationists, social historians, and students of human nature.
Victoria College : A history revealed
Author: Sahar Hamouda
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247569
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is at once the history of a remarkable and fascinating phenomenon--a British-style public school rooted in Egyptian soil boasting such alumni as King Hussein of Jordan, Omar Sharif, and Edward Said--and a reflection of the spirit of Alexandria during the first half of the twentieth century. Its publication in October 2002 is timed to coincide with the school's centenary. Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. It was the brainchild of a group of British businessmen who formed the nucleus of Alexandria's small British community. Deliberately fashioned as an independent, secular school, open to anyone who could afford its fees, it attracted the children both of the elite--royalty, diplomats, magnates, politicians, landowners--and of very ordinary people. Its pupils came not only from all over Egypt, but from the entire Middle East and beyond. This immensely readable history is, in the first place, a book about and for the Old Victorians. In a series of colorful sketches, backed by plentiful quotation from documents in the school archives, a series of engaging and distinguished characters come to life, not least Victoria's first two headmasters, C.R. Lias and his successor R.W.G. Reed--the two men whose enlightened vision and skillful leadership made the school what it was. Yet at the same time, this is a book whose appeal extends far beyond its immediate subject matter. In the process of putting together the story of a school, the authors have uncovered a wealth of material that will interest Middle East and postcolonial scholars as well as educationists, social historians, and students of human nature.
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774247569
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
This book is at once the history of a remarkable and fascinating phenomenon--a British-style public school rooted in Egyptian soil boasting such alumni as King Hussein of Jordan, Omar Sharif, and Edward Said--and a reflection of the spirit of Alexandria during the first half of the twentieth century. Its publication in October 2002 is timed to coincide with the school's centenary. Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. It was the brainchild of a group of British businessmen who formed the nucleus of Alexandria's small British community. Deliberately fashioned as an independent, secular school, open to anyone who could afford its fees, it attracted the children both of the elite--royalty, diplomats, magnates, politicians, landowners--and of very ordinary people. Its pupils came not only from all over Egypt, but from the entire Middle East and beyond. This immensely readable history is, in the first place, a book about and for the Old Victorians. In a series of colorful sketches, backed by plentiful quotation from documents in the school archives, a series of engaging and distinguished characters come to life, not least Victoria's first two headmasters, C.R. Lias and his successor R.W.G. Reed--the two men whose enlightened vision and skillful leadership made the school what it was. Yet at the same time, this is a book whose appeal extends far beyond its immediate subject matter. In the process of putting together the story of a school, the authors have uncovered a wealth of material that will interest Middle East and postcolonial scholars as well as educationists, social historians, and students of human nature.
The History of Victoria College. By Nathanael Burwash
Author: Victoria College (Toronto, Ont.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 571
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Languages : en
Pages : 571
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The History of Victoria College
Author: Nathanael Burwash
Publisher: Victoria College Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 571
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Publisher: Victoria College Press
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Languages : en
Pages : 571
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Victoria University College
Author: John Cawte Beaglehole
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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A History of Victoria University
Author: Charles Bruce Sissons
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The Victoria History of the Counties of England
Author: William Page
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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The History of the Psychology Department at Victoria College and the University of Victoria
Author: William H. Gaddes
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
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The Royal Victoria College, 1899-1962
Victoria University of Wellington, 1899-1999
Author: Rachel Barrowman
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733696
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864733696
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Lansdowne Era
Author: Edward Harvey
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773574743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Demographic, economic, and social change between 1946 and 1963 affected all of Canadian society and profoundly shaped what was then Victoria College.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773574743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Demographic, economic, and social change between 1946 and 1963 affected all of Canadian society and profoundly shaped what was then Victoria College.