Douglas Ewart High School

54°57′36″N 4°29′24″W / 54.960°N 4.490°W / 54.960; -4.490

Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922 in Newton Stewart, Scotland. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Douglas Free School^[1]^[2] opened in 1834 and the High School of the Ewart Institute opened in 1864.

The headteacher has been George Webb since 2019

Notable former pupils

Andrew Ayre, British High Commissioner to Guyana, 2011–15

John Dedman, member of the Australian Parliament^[3]
James A. Mirrlees, Nobel Prize winner^[4]
Kate Dickie, actress^{[citation needed]}
Sir John McFadyean, pathologist^[5]

References

^ "Douglas Free School". douglashistory.co.uk.
^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Spaull, Andrew. "Biography - John Johnstone Dedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ "James A. Mirrlees - Curriculum Vitae". Nobelprize.org. 5 July 1936. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

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[1] "Douglas Free School". douglashistory.co.uk.

[2] "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[3] Spaull, Andrew. "Biography - John Johnstone Dedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[4] "James A. Mirrlees - Curriculum Vitae". Nobelprize.org. 5 July 1936. Retrieved 27 December 2012.

[5] Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.

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