| 词条 | Edward Thring |
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| name = Edward Thring | image = Edward Thring.jpg | alt = Edward Thring | caption = Edward Thring | birth_name = Edward Thring | birth_date = {{birth date|1821|11|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Alford, Somerset, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1887|10|22|1821|11|29|df=y}} | death_place = Uppingham, Rutland, England | nationality = British | other_names = | education = Eton College | alma_mater = King's College, Cambridge | occupation = Educator | years_active = 1853—1887 | known_for = Headmastership of Uppingham School Founder of the Headmasters' Conference | spouse = {{marriage| Caroline Marie Louise Thring (née Koch) | 20 December 1853 | 27 October 1887 }} | children = | father = Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring | mother = Sarah Thring (née Jenkyns) | family = {{ubl| Theodore Thring (brother) | Henry Thring (brother) | Godfrey Thring (brother) | John Charles Thring (brother)}} }} Edward Thring (29 November 1821 – 22 October 1887) was a celebrated British educator. He was headmaster of Uppingham School (1853 – 87) and founder of the Headmasters' Conference in 1869. LifeEdward Thring was born at Alford, Somerset, the son of the rector, Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring and Sarah née Jenkyns. He was brother of Theodore Thring (1816-1891), Henry, Lord Thring, a noted jurist and Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, hymn writer Godfrey Thring, and John Charles Thring, a master at Uppingham School and deviser of the Simplest Game rules for football; he also had two sisters.[1] The family is commemorated in the Church of All Saints, Alford by carved choir seats in the chancel and two memorial windows. Thring was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a Fellowship in 1844.[2] He was ordained in the Church of England in 1846 and served in various curacies until in 1853 he began his true life work by an appointment to the headmastership of Uppingham School. Thring is Uppingham's best-known headmaster, remaining in the post until 1887. He raised the school to a high state of efficiency, and stamped it with the qualities of his own strong personality, as did Thomas Arnold at Rugby. He made many innovative changes to the school's curriculum which were later adopted in other English schools. During his headship the school was forced to move temporarily to Borth in Wales after an outbreak of typhoid ravaged the student body.{{Sfn|Chisholm|1911}} In 1869, Edward Thring formed the Headmasters' Conference after inviting thirty-seven of his fellow headmasters to meet at his house to consider establishing such an annual meeting.{{Sfn|Chisholm|1911}} He was an original thinker and writer on education and various educational works. Thring's methodsThring was the headmaster of Uppingham between 1853 and 1887; here he turned a poor provincial grammar school of 25 boys into a top public school within ten years. Thring insisted on confining the school to around 300 boys to maintain a small, "tight-knit" Christian community. Thring believed that every boy was good for something. His early experience teaching Gloucester National elementary schools had convinced him that "to teach the slow and ignorant with success is the only test of proficiency and intellectual power." In addition to being a believer in teaching the classics, Thring broadened the overall curriculum at Uppingham by ensuring that the moral, aesthetic, and physical aspects meet the needs of the students. Although Uppingham was a huge achievement in itself, Thring's achievements extended beyond Uppingham as he was co-founder of the Headmasters' Conference (HMC) and he produced his Theory and Practice of Teaching.[3] LegacyMelbourne High School (Victoria)'s school motto Honour the work is inspired by Thring's words "Honour the work and the work will honour you". The school song is entitled Honour the Work. Bibliography
References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Uc6b_AxNO_8C&pg=PA79 Family tree in Wells Cathedral: Its Monumental Inscriptions and Heraldry by Jewers Arthur John] 2. ^{{acad|id=THRN841E|name=Thring, Edward}} 3. ^Hogg, Gordon. "The Educational World of Edward Thring/The Rise of the Modern Educational System (Book)." Victorian Studies 32.4 (1989): 592. Literary Reference Center Plus. Web. Oct. 3, 2012. Bibliography
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