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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Sir Clarence Henry Kennett Marten, 77, gruff, kindly provost of Eton since 1945 and onetime tutor to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret; of a heart attack; in Windsor, England. A historian who taught his royal pupils history and constitutional law, Sir Henry spent 60 years at Eton as student and teacher, was knighted on the chapel steps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 20, 1948 | 12/20/1948 | See Source »

...Television," said J. Walter Thompson's Kennett W. Hinks, "provides advertising with a new tool." How is the tool to be used? Neither he, nor anyone else, seemed to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: New Tool | 4/19/1948 | See Source »

...Blytheville, Ark., Ed Anderson, 18, of Kennett, Mo., picked 99 lbs. of cotton in two hours to win the South's annual cotton-picking contest. His reward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Oct. 13, 1947 | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

...give an added regal polish, there were lessons in French (from a French countess), German, art, and dancing. As time went on, the Vice-Provost of Eton, erudite Clarence Henry Kennett ("Shee-Kay") Marten (later knighted and promoted to Provost), was called in to brush up the Princess' constitutional history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ein Tywysoges | 3/31/1947 | See Source »

...Harvard took second, clearing the bar at 11:6, wile the Crimson's Howard and the Purple's Calabrese tied for third a 11 feet. The broad jump, held underneath the sands, was won by Benesch of Rhode Island, who lept 20 feet, 11 1/3 inches to beat out Kennett by an inch and an eighth. Natale of State was third and Wyman fourth, Harvard's only point winning position in the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rhode Island, Holy Cross Trimmed in Local Meet | 4/30/1946 | See Source »

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