| 词条 | John Kempe |
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| name = John William Rolfe Kempe | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 29 October 1917 | birth_place = Nairobi | death_date = May 10, 2010 | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Headmaster of Gordonstoun School | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} John William Rolfe Kempe (29 October 1917 – 10 May 2010) was headmaster of Gordonstoun School[1] from 1968–1978, during the period that the Princes Andrew and Edward arrived at the school. He was a noted mountaineer and a member of the Alpine Club. Early lifeHe was born in Nairobi, the son of an officer in the Colonial Service. His father died of fever when he was four and Kempe was brought up in Norfolk by his mother. He was educated at Stowe School and Clare College, Cambridge, where he read economics and mathematics. At the latter he also joined the University Air Squadron and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for the RAF. In 1941, he was posted to No. 602 Squadron RAF – formerly the City of Glasgow Squadron, which was initially stationed at Drem near Haddington. During the Battle of Britain, the squadron was relocated to Sussex where Kempe flew Spitfires. In May 1942, he was promoted to squadron leader and the following year was mentioned in despatches. From 1944 he flew, principally Mosquitos, in North Africa and acted as a convoy escort on the Malta run. Before being demobilised in 1946, he was again mentioned in despatches.[2] Teaching careerAfter three years as a Mathematics teacher at Gordonstoun School he was offered the post of headmaster at a new school in Hyderabad, India, being set up along English public school lines (Hyderabad Public School). He remained there until 1955, when he was appointed headmaster of Corby Grammar School in Northamptonshire, where he remained until 1967. The following year he took up the post of headmaster of Gordonstoun where he remained until his retirement in 1978. Public rolesKempe was a member of the Mount Everest Foundation committee (1956–62), chairman of the Round Square International Service Committee (1979–87). He was also vice-chairman of the European Atlantic Movement Committee (1982–1992; vice-president thereafter), and trustee of the University of Cambridge Kurt Hahn Trust from 1986 to 1989. He was appointed CVO in 1980. PublicationsA Family History of the Kempes (1991) FamilyIn 1957 he married Barbara Huxtable; they had two sons and a daughter. References1. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7756803/John-Kempe.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=John Kempe | date=23 May 2010}} 2. ^{{cite news |url= http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-John-Kempe-CVO.6316381.jp | title= Obituary: John Kempe CVO |publisher = The Scotsman |accessdate= 5 November 2010 |location=Edinburgh |first=Alasdair |last=Steven |date=25 May 2010}} External links
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