William Henry Hadow
Sir William Henry Hadow CBE (27 December 1859 – 8 April 1937) was a leading educational reformer in Great Britain and a musicologist.
Hadow was born at Ebrington, Gloucester, England. He studied at Malvern College[1], followed by Worcester College, Oxford where he taught and became Dean (1889)[2]. In 1905, Hadow was elected the first Old Malvernian member of the Council of Malvern College.[3] In 1909, he was appointed principal of Armstrong College in the Newcastle Division of Durham University before succeeding, as Warden & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham in 1916. In 1919, he was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University (1919–30).
As chairman of several committees, he published a series of reports on education, notably The Education of the Adolescent (1926) which called for the re-organization of elementary education, the abandonment of all-age schools, and the creation of secondary modern schools. These became known as the Hadow Reports. He was a leading influence in English education at all levels in the 1920s and 1930s.
Hadow wrote a number of publications on music and music theory, including the Oxford History of Music which he wrote and edited. He was a composer. He was also a Member of the Council of the Royal College of Music.
He was awarded a Knight Bachelor in 1918[4] and a CBE in 1920.
He died at Westminster, London.
[edit] Publications
- Music (1925) Williams and Norgate Ltd, England
- Collected Essays (1928) Oxford University Press
- English Music (1931) Longmans Green & Co, London
- Beethoven's Opus Eighteen Quartets
- William Byrd 1623-1923 (1920) Humphrey Milford, London
- A Comparison of Poetry and Music (1926) Cambridge University Press
- Sonata form
[edit] References
- ^ The Malvern Register (1865-1904), 1905
- ^ "W.H. Hadow's Visit". The New York Times. 15 August 1903. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C00EED81739E433A25756C1A96E9C946297D6CF.
- ^ The Council, The Malvern Register (1865-1904), 1904
- ^ "New Year Honours. The Official Lists., New Peers And Baronets., Long Roll Of Soldiers. (transcription)". London: The Times. Tuesday, Jan 01, 1918; Issue 41675. p. 8; col B. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1918/Honours/New_Year#William_Henry_Hadow. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
[edit] External links
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Wikisource has original works written by or about: William Henry Hadow |
- Biography.com entry
- The Hadow Reports: an introduction at InfEd
- Gillard D (2006) The Hadow Reports: an introduction
- Archival material relating to William Henry Hadow listed at the UK National Register of Archives
- Free scores by William Henry Hadow at the International Music Score Library Project
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by The Revd Henry Gee |
Warden & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham 1916–1918 |
Succeeded by John Stapylton Grey Pemberton |
| Preceded by William Ripper |
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield 1919–1930 |
Succeeded by Arthur Wallace Pickard-Cambridge |
