Frank Bell

Military Person

1916 – 1989

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Who was Frank Bell?

Frank Erskine Bell OBE was a British educator. Whilst a prisoner of war in Borneo during World War II he organised a "secret university" to provide educational opportunities for his fellow prisoners. He founded the first Bell Language School in Cambridge, England in 1955 and later established the Bell Educational Trust, a charity involved in language education.

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Born
Sep 18, 1916
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Education
  • Peterhouse, Cambridge
  • Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Died
Jul 14, 1989

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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