SCH HM RB
Reference code
SCH HM RB
Title
Papers of Robert Birley, Head Master 1949 - 1964
Level
Sub-fonds
Administrative / Biographical history
Educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, Robert Birley (1903-1982) taught at Eton from 1926-1935, when he was appointed Head Master of Charterhouse. From 1947-1949, he served as Education Advisor to the Military Governor of occupied Germany, with a major role in the programmes of de-Nazification. A great bibliophile, he worked extensively in College Library during his period as Head Master, producing a short history and many notes still used today. On leaving Eton, he became visiting Professor of Education at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, where both he and his wife were strong supporters of the opponents of apartheid. In 1967 he returned to England as Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences at City University in London, where he remained until his retirement in 1971. He was made a KCMG in 1967.
Date
1950 - 1964
Associated material
SCH/M/PH : 3 important letters to Peter Hazell on proposals for substituting A levels for the July Examination, 1955
Ms. 432
Publication note
Dictionary of National Biography
Arthur Hearnden: Red Robert (Hamish Hamilton, 1984)
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- R. Birley: Engagement diaries, SCH HM RB 01, (1958 - 1962)
- R. Birley: Glass slides, SCH HM RB 02, ([20th century])
- R. Birley: Files, SCH HM RB 03, (1950 - 1964)
- R. Birley: Address: External examinations, SCH HM RB 04, ([20th century])
- R. Birley: Correspondence relating to Eton games, SCH HM RB 05, (February 1962)
- R. Birley: Correspondence relating to house budgets, SCH HM RB 06, (11 August 1950)
- R. Birley: Leaving speech, SCH HM RB 07, (23 July 1963)
- R. Birley: Address given by Oliver Van Oss at Memorial Service, SCH HM RB 08, (1982)
- R. Birley: Papers on Germany, SCH HM RB 09, (1947 - 1981)
- R. Birley: Papers on South Africa, SCH HM RB 10, (1961 - 1982)
- R. Birley: Papers on the award of CMG and KCMG, SCH HM RB 11, (1950 - 1967)
- R. Birley: File entitled "Miscellaneous personal", SCH HM RB 12, (1949 - 1963)
- R. Birley: Letters to Professor Wolfgang Clemens, SCH HM RB 13, (1969 - 1977)
- R. Birley: Catalogue of lectures and addresses in the Birley papers at City University, SCH HM RB 14, (1986)
- R. Birley: Letter to Leo D'Erlanger returning a gift, SCH HM RB 15, (23 September 1958)
- R. Birley: Leaving speech, SCH HM RB 16, (23 July 1963)
- R. Birley: Letter to The Times, SCH HM RB 17, (5 May 1945)