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词条 Anthony Seldon
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  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. History, politics and other writing

  4. Work in education

  5. Achievements and awards

  6. Other work

  7. Television and radio

  8. Family

  9. References and notes

  10. External links

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| occupation = Head master, contemporary historian, commentator and political author
| alma_mater = Worcester College, Oxford (BA)
London School of Economics (PhD)
Polytechnic of Central London (MBA)
King's College London (PGCE)
| known_for = Master of Wellington College
Vice Chancellor of the University of Buckingham
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}}Sir Anthony Francis Seldon, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSA|FRHistS|FKC}} (born 2 August 1953),[1] is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, a contemporary historian, commentator and political author, known in part for his biographies of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron. He was the 13th Master (headmaster) of Wellington College, one of Britain's co-educational independent boarding schools.[2] In 2009, he set up The Wellington Academy, the first state school to carry the name of its founding independent school.[3]

Before that, he was head of Brighton College. Seldon is the author or editor of over 35 books on contemporary history, politics and education, was the co-founder and first director of the Centre for Contemporary British History, is the co-founder of Action for Happiness,[4] is a governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company[5] and is on the board of a number of charities and educational bodies.

He is also both honorary historical adviser to 10 Downing Street and a member of the First World War Centenary Culture Committee. Seldon was knighted in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to education and modern political history.[6][7]

In September 2015, he replaced Terence Kealey as Vice-Chancellor of University of Buckingham, the first private university in Britain.[8]

Education

Seldon was educated at Tonbridge School and Worcester College, Oxford, where he received a BA degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He then obtained a PhD degree in Economics at the London School of Economics in 1981.[9] He also has an MBA degree from the Polytechnic of Central London.[1] He qualified as a schoolteacher at King's College London, where he was awarded the top teaching prize in the year across all subjects. {{Citation needed|reason=No reference for the award he has allegedly received|date=May 2015}}

Career

Seldon's first teaching appointment was at Whitgift School in Croydon in 1983, where he was Head of Politics and taught in the Sixth Form. In 1989 he returned to his old school, Tonbridge, and became Head of History and General Studies. In 1993 he was appointed Deputy Headmaster and, ultimately, Acting Headmaster of St Dunstan's in South London. He then became Headmaster of Brighton College from September 1997 until he joined Wellington College in January 2006 as its 13th Master. He became Executive Principal at The Wellington Academy (a separate school) in 2013.

He took a three-month sabbatical from January to March 2014 (leaving Wellington to be run in the interim by his Second Master, Robin Dyer, who as Acting Master, claimed it would be "business as usual").[10] Dr Seldon announced on 23 April 2014 that he would be leaving Wellington College in the summer of 2015, after nearly ten years as the 13th Master.[11]

History, politics and other writing

Anthony Seldon's books include Churchill's Indian Summer (1981),[12] which won a Best First Work Prize; Major, A Political Life (1997);[13] The Powers Behind the Prime Minister (1999) co-written with Professor Dennis Kavanagh;[14] 10 Downing Street: The Illustrated History (2000);[15] The Foreign Office: The Illustrated History Of The Place And Its People (2001);[16] Blair (2004);[17] Blair Unbound (2007),[18] Trust (2009);[19] Brown at 10 (2010) with Guy Lodge;[20] Public Schools and The Great War (2013) with David Walsh;[21] The Architecture of Diplomacy: The British Ambassador's Residence in Washington (2014) with Daniel Collings;[22] and Cameron at 10 (2015) with Peter Snowdon. He has edited many books, including the series The Thatcher Effect (1989);[23] The Major Effect (1994);[24] The Blair Effect (2001);[25] The Blair Effect 2001–2005 (2005);[26] Blair's Britain (2007);[27] and The Cameron Effect (2015) with Dr Mike Finn.

Other edited books include Ruling Performance, with Professor Peter Hennessy and Conservative Century, with Professor Stuart Ball. He has written a number of booklets on education, including Private and Public Education: The Divide Must End (2000);[28] Partnership not Paternalism (2001); An End To Factory Schools (2010);[29] The Politics of Optimism (2012); and School United (2014). His 2011 Cass Lecture was published as 'Why Schools? Why Universities?'[30] He also founded two journals, Contemporary British History (as Contemporary Record) and Twentieth Century British History. During his time at Brighton College, Seldon wrote Brave New City: Brighton & Hove Past, Present, Future, an analysis of the city of Brighton and Hove focused principally on its buildings.[31]

Work in education

Seldon is a head teacher and appears on television and radio and in the press,[32] and has written regularly for national newspapers including The Times,[33] The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent and The Guardian.[34] His views on education have been sought by the government and political parties, with Seldon promoting co-education, the International Baccalaureate, independent education, the teaching of happiness and well-being, and "all-round" education.

Seldon has promoted well-being or happiness classes, which he introduced at Wellington College in 2006,[35] and campaigned for a holistic, personalised approach to education rather than what he calls "factory schools."[29] [36] He is a proponent of the Harkness table' teaching approach used in the US[37] and the 'Middle Years' approach of the IB,[38] as well a more international approach to education, including a focus on modern languages teaching[39] [40] and setting up sister schools in China.[41]

Achievements and awards

Seldon has honorary doctorates or fellowships from the University of Buckingham,[42] the University of Brighton[43] and Richmond University[44] and is a former Professor of Education at the College of Teachers.[45] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) and of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He was appointed a Fellow of King's College London (FKC) in 2013. He was knighted in the Queen's 2014 Birthday Honours list.[7]

Other work

In 1986 Seldon co-founded, with Professor Peter Hennessy, the Institute of Contemporary British History, the body whose aim is to promote research into, and the study of, British history since 1945. Seldon is a co-founder of Action for Happiness[4] with Richard Layard (Baron Layard), and Geoff Mulgan. He is on the Advisory Board of the New College of the Humanities in London. Seldon is a patron of The Iris Project,[46] which runs Literacy through Latin schemes in schools in deprived urban areas and DrugFAM,[47] which supports families affected by a loved one's use of drugs or alcohol.

Television and radio

Among his television work, he has presented In Search of Tony Blair (Channel 4, 2004)[48] and Trust Politics (BBC Two, 2010).[49]

Family

Seldon was married to Joanna, who died in December 2016. Joanna was the daughter of Maurice Henry Pappworth.[50]She also taught and wrote, and they have three children (Jessica, Susannah and Adam). According to Who's Who, his interests are sport, directing plays, family and old English sports cars. He is the youngest son of economist Arthur Seldon, who co-founded the Institute of Economic Affairs and directed academic affairs at the think tank for 30 years.

References and notes

1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U34327 |title='SELDON, Anthony Francis', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press |format= |work= |accessdate=}}{{subscription required}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=School Results|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/schoolresults/|work=The Times|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Wellington College to run Academy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7373435.stm|work=BBC website|accessdate=5 September 2013|date=29 April 2008}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|title=Dr Anthony Seldon: Truly happy people are made, not born|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/dr-anthony-seldon-truly-happy-people-are-made-not-born-2266941.html|work=The Independent|accessdate=5 September 2013|location=London|date=13 April 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=RSC Annual Report 2011-12 |url=http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/120910_rsc_annual_report_2011-12_final.pdf |publisher=Royal Shakespeare Company |accessdate=5 September 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612013324/http://www.rsc.org.uk/downloads/120910_rsc_annual_report_2011-12_final.pdf |archivedate=12 June 2013 }}
6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=60895 |date=14 June 2014 |page=b2 |supp=y}}
7. ^1 {{cite news|title=John Dunford and Anthony Seldon among educationalists recognised in honours list|url=http://news.tes.co.uk/b/news/2014/06/13/john-dunford-and-anthony-seldon-among-educationalists-recognised-in-honours-list.aspx|location=London|date=13 June 2014}}
8. ^Appointment of Sir Anthony Seldon as Vice-Chancellor, University of Buckingham, 16 April 2015
9. ^{{cite thesis|degree=PhD |first=Anthony |last=Seldon |title=The Churchill Government of 1951–55: a study of personalities and policy making |publisher=London School of Economics |date=1981 |url=https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/298902 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130419082357/https://catalogue.lse.ac.uk/Record/298902 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-04-19 |authorlink=Anthony Seldon }}
10. ^{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Greg|title=Gove's reform champion to take sabbatical|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3947671.ece|accessdate=15 March 2014|newspaper=The Times|date=13 December 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Anthony Seldon to retire|url=https://www.wellingtoncollege.org.uk/news-events/anthony-seldon-to-retire-as-master-of-wellington-college/|website=Wellington College}}
12. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Churchill's Indian Summer: The Conservative Government, 1951–1955|year=2010|publisher=Faber and Faber|isbn=057127269X|pages=694}}
13. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Major: A Political Life|year=1997|publisher=W&N|isbn=0297816071|pages=512}}
14. ^{{cite book|last=Dennis Kavanagh|first=Anthony Seldon|title=The Powers Behind the Prime Minister: The Hidden Influence of Number Ten|year=1999|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=0002570866|pages=352}}
15. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=10 Downing Street: The Illustrated History|year=1999|publisher=HarperCollins Illustrated|isbn=0004140737|pages=232}}
16. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=The Foreign Office: The Illustrated History Of The Place And Its People|year=2000|publisher=HarperCollins Illustrated|isbn=000710118X|pages=240}}
17. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Blair|year=2005|publisher=Free Press|isbn=0743232127|pages=768}}
18. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Blair Unbound|year=2008|publisher=Pocket Books|isbn=1847390900|pages=608}}
19. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Trust: How We Lost it and How to Get it Back|year=2010|publisher=Biteback|isbn=1849540012|pages=256}}
20. ^{{cite book|last=Anthony Seldon|first=Guy Lodge|title=Brown at 10|year=2011|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=1849541221|pages=560}}
21. ^{{cite book|last=Anthony Seldon|first=David Walsh|title=Public Schools and the Great War|year=2013|publisher=Pen & Sword Military|isbn=1781593086|pages=320}}
22. ^https://www.amazon.co.uk/Architecture-Diplomacy-Ambassadors-Residence-Washington/dp/208129902X/ref=sr_1_3/275-6622355-2352236?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379254799&sr=1-3
23. ^{{cite book|last=Dennis Kavanagh|first=Anthony Seldon|title=The Thatcher Effect: A Decade of Change|year=1989|publisher=Oxford Paperbacks|isbn=0198277466|pages=372}}
24. ^{{cite book|last=Dennis Kavanagh|first=Anthony Seldon|title=The Major Effect|year=1994|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=0333622731|pages=288}}
25. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=The Blair Effect|year=2001|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=0316856363}}
26. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=The Blair Effect, 2001-5|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0521678609|pages=496}}
27. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Blair's Britain, 1997–2007|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0521709466|pages=708}}
28. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Public & Private Education: The Divide Must End|year=2000|publisher=The Social Market Foundation|isbn=1874097941}}
29. ^1 {{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=An End To Factory Schools|year=2010|publisher=Centre for Policy Studies|isbn=1906996199|pages=88}}
30. ^{{cite web|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Why Schools, Why Universities?|url=http://www.sirjohncass.org/index.php/news-and-resources/annual-lecture|work=Sir John Cass's Foundation|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
31. ^{{cite book|last=Seldon|first=Anthony|title=Brave New City: Brighton & Hove Past, Present, Future|publisher=Pomegranate Press|location=Lewes|year=2002|isbn=0-9542587-1-1|at=Introduction.}}
32. ^{{cite web|title=Anthony Seldon|url=http://journalisted.com/anthony-seldon|work=Journalisted|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
33. ^{{cite web|title=Anthony Seldon|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/profile/Anthony-Seldon|work=The Times|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
34. ^{{cite web|title=Anthony Seldon|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/anthonyseldon|work=The Guardian|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
35. ^{{cite news|title=School to give pupils lessons in happiness|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1516016/School-to-give-pupils-lessons-in-happiness.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=5 September 2013|location=London|first=Stewart|last=Payne|date=18 April 2006}}
36. ^{{cite news|title=We need to fix Britain's character flaws|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9267396/We-need-to-fix-Britains-character-flaws.html|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=15 May 2012|location=London|first=Anthony|last=Seldon}}
37. ^{{cite news|title=Oval Harkness table plan to stop pupils hiding in class|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/3146468/Oval-Harkness-table-plan-to-stop-pupils-hiding-in-class.html|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=6 October 2008|location=London|first=Graeme|last=Paton}}
38. ^{{cite news|title=Wellington College to poll parents on plan to drop GCSEs in favour of Baccalaureate|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/3779491/Wellington-College-to-poll-parents-on-plan-to-drop-GCSEs-in-favour-of-Baccalaureate.html|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=16 December 2008|location=London}}
39. ^{{cite web|last=Seldon |first=Anthony |title=Keynote speech: The Schools Network Annual Languages Conference, University of Warwick. 6 October 2011 |url=http://www.anthonyseldon.co.uk/pictures/Keynote%20speech%20SSAT%20Languages%20Oct%202011.pdf |accessdate=24 September 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927124530/http://www.anthonyseldon.co.uk/pictures/Keynote%20speech%20SSAT%20Languages%20Oct%202011.pdf |archivedate=27 September 2013 }}
40. ^{{cite news|title=Mandarin language centre opens at Wellington College|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-18298110|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=2 June 2012}}
41. ^{{cite news|title=Wellington College tightens China link|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/asia/article3702453.ece|accessdate=5 September 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=1 March 2013}}
42. ^{{cite web|title=University of Buckingham|url=http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/latest-news/graduation-2013/|work=Website|accessdate=5 September 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107175629/http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/latest-news/graduation-2013/|archivedate=7 January 2016|df=dmy-all}}
43. ^{{cite web|title=University of Brighton Honorary Doctorates |url=https://www.brighton.ac.uk/news/2004/040210graduates.php |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130905165522/https://www.brighton.ac.uk/news/2004/040210graduates.php |dead-url=yes |archive-date=5 September 2013 |work=Website |accessdate=5 September 2013 }}
44. ^{{cite web|title=University of Richmond Honorary Degree Recipients|url=http://www.richmond.ac.uk/content/admissions/about-richmond/honorary-degree-recipients.aspx|work=Website|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
45. ^{{cite web|title=College of Teachers|url=http://www.collegeofteachers.ac.uk/|work=Website|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
46. ^{{cite web|title=The Iris Project|url=http://irisproject.org.uk/index.php|work=Website|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
47. ^{{cite web|title=DrugFAM|url=http://www.drugfam.co.uk/|work=Website|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
48. ^{{cite web|title=In search of Tony Blair|url=http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/S/search_tony_blair/|work=Channel 4|accessdate=6 September 2013}}
49. ^{{cite web|title=Trust Politics|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rq3j7|work=Website|publisher=BBC|accessdate=6 September 2013}}
50. ^{{cite web|last1=Butter|first1=Susannah|title=Sir Anthony Seldon on his late wife: 'She was spectacular, ferociously intelligent - I was in awe of her'|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/sir-anthony-seldon-on-his-late-wife-she-was-spectacular-ferociously-intelligent-i-was-in-awe-of-her-a3451416.html|website=Evening Standard|accessdate=9 February 2018}}

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