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Eldest of eight children, whose father was a successful tutor, Henry Watson Fowler had a solid, no-nonsense British education at Rugby and Balliol, settled down to spend his days as a schoolmaster at Sedbergh School, in Yorkshire. There he stayed for 17 years, leaving in friendly, dignified disagreement with the Head because he would not consider preparing boys for confirmation. A master of unbendingly upright character, a pipe-puffer, he was called "Joey Stinker" because he always smelled of tobacco. In a hard-working staff he set the pace, averaged ten hours work a day in term-time, including...
...Geoffrey Fairhurst, 14, clergyman's son, at home on vacation, brooded over his return to Sedbergh school and the hardships and servitude imposed upon "new boys" by their schoolmates. Rather than return, he hanged himself...
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