John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden
Author
1906 – 1985
Who was John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden?
John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden, CBE was a British educationalist probably best remembered for chairing the Wolfenden Committee whose report recommending the decriminalisation of homosexuality, was published in 1957.
He was the son of George Wolfenden and Emily Hannah Gaukroger. both born in Halifax, Yorkshire. George Wolfenden became an official of the West Riding Education Authority based in Wakefield, Yorkshire, where John Frederick Wolfenden attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School. He won a scholarship to Oxford and became a don at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1929. John Wolfenden was the headmaster of Uppingham School and Shrewsbury School and chairman of various government committees which mostly focused on education and problems with youth.
He become Vice-Chancellor of University of Reading in 1950 and during this period wrote two books, Family Affair and The Steele Age, both part of the series of 'Take Home Books'.
Wolfenden was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1942, and was knighted in 1956.
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- Born
- 1906
Halifax - Also known as
- John Frederick Wolfenden Wolfenden of Westcott
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Magdalen College, Oxford
- Employment
- Headmaster, Uppingham School
(1934 - 1944) - Vice-Chancellor, University of Reading
(1950 - ) - Headmaster, Shrewsbury School
(1944 - 1950)
- Headmaster, Uppingham School
- Died
- 1985
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on July 23, 2013
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