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Gerald Howat, born Gerald Malcolm David Howat (12 June 1928 – 10 October 2007), was a British writer on cricket, a historian and a schoolmaster. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it A schoolmaster, or simply master, once referred to a male School Teacher.

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Early life

Howat was born in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. As a boy he was awarded a bursary to Glenalmond College. Glenalmond College (formerly known as Trinity College Glenalmond) is a co-educational independent Boarding school in Perth and Kinross, He continued his education at Edinburgh University. The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He then did his National Service as a Flying Officer based at RAF Titchfield. "National Service" redirects here For national service in other countries see National service. Flying Officer ( Fg Off in the RAF FLGOFF in the RAAF FGOFF in the RNZAF F/O in the former RCAF and frequently in the RAF is a junior commissioned

Academic career

He spent three years teaching for the oil firm Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd (TLL) at Pointe-à-Pierre. Pointe-à-Pierre is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It lies north of San Fernando and south of Claxton Bay. Sonny Ramadhin was the firm's storekeeper. Sonny Ramadhin (born May 1, 1929) was a West Indian Cricketer, and a dominant bowler of the 1950s

Returning to England, he was head of the history department at Kelly College in Tavistock for five years, followed by fourteen years at Culham College of Education as principal lecturer and head of the history department. Kelly College is a Coeducational Independent school on the outskirts of Tavistock, Devon, with around 350 students ranging from ages 11 to 18 Tavistock is a Market town within West Devon, England on the River Tavy, from which its name derives and has a The European School in Culham, Oxfordshire, is one of 13 European Schools around Europe and the only one in Britain and currently has Meanwhile he undertook a research degree on "the place of history in education" for Exeter College, Oxford. Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the 4th oldest college of the University He also turned his hand to the world of publishing, for a time being general editor of the Historical Division of Pergamon Press. Pergamon Press was a United Kingdom based publishing house founded by Robert Maxwell, which published scientific and medical books and journals

He wrote several school textbooks, and was general editor of a Dictionary of World History (1973), a massive project which involved working closely with an advisory board that included A.J.P. Taylor, Max Beloff and Asa Briggs. Alan John Percival Taylor ( March 25, 1906 – September 7, 1990) was a renowned English Historian of the 20th century Max Beloff Baron Beloff ( 2 July 1913 - 22 March 1999) was a British historian Asa Briggs Baron Briggs (born 7 May 1921) is a British Historian, one of the most respected historians who has written on the Victorian era He also spent a year with Mitchell Beazley editing an illustrated biographical dictionary entitled Who Did What (1974).

He was Head of History at Radley College, but writing and editing was taking much of his attention, and neither he nor the school was very happy with his time there. Radley College ( St Peter's College Radley) is a famous English public school situated on the edge of the village of Radley near He said: "I was not ambitious to be a headmaster and I came to resent the fact that I never had time to put pen to paper (or, more specifically, to write a book) during my years there. " In 1977, he moved to a senior pastoral post at Lord Williams's School, Thame, which gave him more time to pursue his other interests. Lord Williams's School is a co-educational secondary school in Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. For a short period he was also a visiting professor at Western Kentucky University. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA He also acted as an Oxbridge Board examiner. OCR ( Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations) is an Examination board that sets Examinations and awards qualifications (including GCSEs He retired from teaching in 1985.

He was an associate editor of the 2004 edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885 He supplied seventy entries himself, many on former cricketers.

Cricket literature

He covered schools cricket for The Daily Telegraph for many years, as well as for The Cricketer. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. The Cricketer was an English cricket magazine founded in 1921 by Sir Pelham Warner, the ex-England captain turned cricket writer His retirement from academia gave him more time for his cricket writing, and he produced several well received biographies of famous players. That on Learie Constantine, whom he had first met when at Glenalmond College, won the Cricket Society's golden jubilee award. Learie Nicholas Constantine Baron Constantine MBE ( 21 September 1901 – 1 July 1971) was a Trinidadian - British The Cricket Society is an organisation that was originally founded as the Society of Cricket Statisticians at Great Scotland Yard London in 1945 His last book was his autobiography, Cricket All My Life.

He was an MCC member for over 40 years. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 He chaired the club's publishing working party. He seemed well-qualified to serve on the arts and library sub-committee, but he did not get on with the sub-committee's chairman, E.W. Swanton. Ernest William (Jim Swanton CBE ( 11 February 1907 &ndash 22 January 2000) is chiefly known for being a Cricket writer [1] Howat played club cricket as a wicket-keeper for Moreton CC in Oxfordshire until he was 77. He was associated with the club for almost fifty years.

Family

His son, Michael, played first-class cricket for Cambridge University as a medium-fast bowler, appearing in the University Match in 1977 and 1980. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Cambridge University Cricket Club is a First-class cricket team The University Match in a cricketing context is generally understood to refer to the annual fixture between Oxford University Cricket Club and Cambridge University [2]

Death

Howat died at Oxford on 10 October 2007 at age 79. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. His Independent obituarist wrote,

"You had to be quick to keep up with Gerald Howat. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. The short, staccato sentences were delivered at machine-gun pace. . . It reflected a fecund and restless mind"[3]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Gerald Howat. Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani
  2. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2008 edition, Obituaries section.
  3. ^ Gerald Howat. The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani

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