| 词条 | William Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill |
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| dateformat = dmy | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Lord Alexander of Potterhill | occupation=educator and educational administrator }} William Picken Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill (13 December 1905 – 8 September 1993) was a British educator and educational administrator who served as general secretary of the Association of Education Committees from 1945 to 1977. Alexander was born in Paisley, Scotland, and educated at the University of Glasgow. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force and was promoted on 1 April 1941 to pilot officer.[1] He married Joan Mary Williamson in 1949.[2] Knighted in 1961,[3] he was created a life peer as Baron Alexander of Potterhill, of Paisley in the County of Renfrew, on 2 September 1974.[4] Lord Alexander died in 1993. Works
References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=35151 |date=2 May 1941 |page=2520 }} 2. ^The Author's and Writer's Who's Who (4th ed, 1960) 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=42274 |date=10 February 1961 |page=1015}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=46352 |date=24 September 1974 |page=7918}}
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