Allan Glen's School
Allan Glen's School | |
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Former Allan Glen's School Buildings opened in 1965, now part of the Central College. | |
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Glasgow Scotland | |
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Type | secondary school |
Opened | 1853; closed 1989 |
Coordinates: 55°51′49″N 4°14′36″W / 55.863512°N 4.243298°W
Allan Glen's School was, for most of its existence, a local authority, selective secondary school for boys in Glasgow, Scotland, charging nominal fees for tuition.
It was founded by the Allan Glen's Endowment Scholarship Trust on the death, in 1850, of Allan Glen, a successful Glasgow tradesman and businessman, "to give a good practical education and preparation for trades or businesses, to between forty to fifty boys, the sons of tradesmen or persons in the industrial classes of society". The School was formally established in 1853[1] and located in the Townhead district of the city, on land which Glen had owned on the corner of North Hanover Street and Cathedral Street.[2][3]
School's evolution
Although notionally fee-paying, the school offered a large number of bursaries and enrolled pupils from all social classes, selected on the basis of academic ability. The school's emphasis on science and engineering led to it becoming, in effect, Glasgow's High School of Science. As such, in 1887 its management merged with the nearby Anderson's College to form the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College [1] which later became the Royal Technical College in 1912, the Royal College of Science and Technology in 1956, and ultimately the University of Strathclyde in 1964. By the end of 1888 a new building was ready for the school in North Hanover Street.[2][4][5]
Glasgow corporation
In 1912, the school was transferred from the newly designated Royal Technical College to the School Board of Glasgow run by Glasgow Corporation.[2][3][4] Parents who paid domestic or business rates to Glasgow Corporation were charged a much reduced fee, enabling children from less wealthy households, but who had passed the entrance exam, to benefit from the high standard of teaching at the school. In 1923, playing fields were acquired for the school in the suburb of Bishopbriggs[6] and in 1926 the school itself moved into the building previously occupied by Provanside Public School in North Montrose Street.[3] In 1958 a new school building was planned on Cathedral Street, adjacent to the existing one. The new school building was opened in 1965.
Merger
Selective schooling was discontinued in Scottish local authority schools in 1972, and Allan Glen's was merged with the City Public School to become a local co-educational comprehensive school on 22 August 1973, known as Allan Glen's Secondary School.[4][7] Following a major re-organisation of school provision, brought about by falling birth rates, population migration and declining school rolls throughout the city, including Allan Glen's, the school was formally closed in 1989 and the buildings on Cathedral Street were converted into an annexe for the nearby Glasgow Central College of Commerce. The Cathedral Street buildings were demolished in 2013 to enable construction of new buildings for the City of Glasgow College a new entity created by the merger of three former further education Colleges, Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies.[8][9]
Playing fields
The playing fields first opened at Bishopbriggs in 1923 and are still owned by the Allan Glen’s School Club.[10] They provide the home ground for Allan Glen's Rugby Football Club,[11] which currently plays in the West Regional League Division 1. In 2012, proposals were announced to sell part of the playing fields, following a change in the legal structure of the Trust that controls the assets of the Allan Glen's School Club.[6][12]
Notable alumni
Although the school emphasised science and engineering,[13] many of its former pupils are present throughout politics, business, industry, the arts, sciences and engineering.
- Bill Aitken MSP, Politician
- Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet of Harrold Priory, Businessman
- Prof Dr James Allan Jamieson Bennett, Pioneer of helicopter flight and designer of the Gyrodyne[14][15][16]
- Sir Dirk Bogarde, Actor & Writer
- Hugh Dunbar Brown MP, Politician
- Walter Brown FRSE, Engineer & Mathematician
- Admiral Sir Lindsay Sutherland Bryson KCB, Engineer, Controller of the Navy
- Sir Kenneth Calman KCB, DL, FRSE
- Donald (Don) Cameron, Engineer & Balloonist
- John Arnold Cranston FRSE co-discoverer of Protactinium
- Sir Harold Montague "Monty" Finniston FRS, Engineer and Industrialist
- Ian Greer (obstetrician), Vice-President, University of Manchester
- Bernard Parker Haigh, MBE, D.Sc., professor of applied mechanics in the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London
- Robin Hall, Singer & Broadcaster
- Sir James Colquhoun Irvine KBE, FRS, FRSE, FEIS, Scientist, University of St Andrews Principal and Vice Chancellor
- Sir William Alexander "Bill" Jeffrey, KCB, senior Civil Servant
- David Cunningham "Dave" King, Prominent South African businessman
- Sir Robert Alan Langlands FRSE FRCP (Hon.) FRCGP (Hon.) FRCS (Edin.) (Hon.) FRCPSG (Hon.) FFPH FIA
- Angus John "Gus" Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of Tradeston, CBE, PC
- Michael William Frederick "Mike" MacKenzie, MSP, Politician
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Architect, Artist & Designer
- (John) Duncan Macrae, Actor
- David Forbes Martyn, Physicist, Radiographer, founder of Australian Academy of Science
- John (Ian) McCallum, Engineer, Chief Ship Designer QE2, Chief Ship Surveyor Lloyd's Register of Shipping
- Sir John Mills McCallum MP, Politician
- Sir Andrew McCance, 1889-1983, Industrialist[17]
- Sir Robert Arthur McCrindle MP, Politician
- Henry Bell McCubbin MP, Politician
- Harry Duncan McGowan, 1st Baron McGowan KBE, Chairman and Managing Director of Imperial Chemical Industries
- Jack McLean, Golf Professional, Walker Cup Team member 1934,1936
- Jack McLean, Journalist, Author[18][19][20][21]
- Sir James McFadyen McNeill, Principal Naval Architect for the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, Managing Director John Brown and Co Shipbuilders and President of The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland 1947-49[22][23]
- Craig Pritchett, Chess International Master and chess author[24][25]
- John (Jon) Rankin MP, Politician
- Dr Gordon Rintoul, CBE, Director of National Museums Scotland
- Brian Alexander (B.A.) Robertson, Singer, Actor, Composer
- Sir David Robertson MP, Politician
- John Kendrick Skinner VC, DCM
- Robert Haldane Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin, Businessman, Governor of the BBC, Chairman of the Green Investment Bank
- Rev Campbell Stephen MP, Politician
- Prof Hugh Brown Sutherland OBE, Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, Vice President, Institution of Civil Engineers, renowned Soil Mechanics expert[26][27]
- George Walker Thomson, prominent trade unionist, President of the Trades Union Congress for 1946/47.
- Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd, OM, PRS, FRSE Biochemist, Nobel Laureate
- Sir John Weir, GCVO, Royal Victorian Chain, Physician Royal
- William Douglas Weir, 1st Viscount Weir GCB, PC, Engineer, Industrialist
- Robert 'Bob' Winter, Politician, former Lord Provost of Glasgow
- George Ralston Wyllie, Artist & Sculptor
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- ↑ "Kerr biography". History.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. 1932-03-12. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- 1 2 "Historic club aims to sell off playing field in Bishopbriggs". Kirkintilloch Herald. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ "RootsWeb: LANARK-L Re: [LKS] Glasgow Irish and Allen Glen's school". Archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ "Allan Glen’s old boys bid the renowned Glaswegian school a final farewell". City of Glasgow College. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ Ewan Fergus (2013-07-15). "Old boys say farewell to school". Evening Times. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ "The School Club". Allanglens.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ Alfer, Michael (2013-04-29). "Allan Glens Rugby Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ "Derek Francis - Barrister Profile - Tax Chambers". Templetax.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/four-in-ten-top-scientists-went-to-private-school-1-777542
- ↑ http://www.allanglens.com/index.php/former-pupils
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- ↑ "Photos from the History of Glasgow's Barras Market - Sunday Herald". Glasgow-barrowland.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ Custom byline text: Jack McLean (1996-11-05). "Well And truly Snookered". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ Hopeless But Not Serious: The Autobiography of the Urban Voltaire - Jack McLean - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ↑ Custom byline text: JACK McLEAN (2005-01-11). "Ralph Cowan Stained-glass artist and teacher". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
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- ↑ http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-professor-hugh-sutherland-obe-world-renowned-civil-engineer-and-emeritus-professor-1-2031385