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Boston Grammar School - Staff - W
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Waddams, Leslie Thomas - BGS 1945-1954
Nickname - Snag
Position - Headmaster
Subject - Mathematics, Religious Instruction
While at BGS - Appointed 1 May 1945
Waddams (Mrs) - BGS ?-?
Subject - Science
While at BGS - Wife of Leslie Thomas Waddams
Wainwright, Nigel William - BGS 1977-
Nickname - Niggy, Nige
Subject - Physical Education
Before BGS: Born Retford, Nottinghamshire; Carnegie College of Physical Education (Leeds)
While at BGS: Boston Cricket Club
Walker, James Herbert - BGS ?-?
Position - Fourth Master
Walker, Michael Alcuin Thomas - BGS 1972-?
Nickname - Cyril
Position - Head of Geography
Subject - Geography
Before BGS - Educated at Shrewsbury School; BA(1960), St John's College, Oxford; taught at Chester City Grammar School (1961); two schools in Barbados (1961-1964); Bolton School (1965-1972)
Wallys, ? - BGS 1627
While at BGS - Appointed 18 May 1627; did not take the post
Ward, John - BGS 1618-1619
While at BGS - Appointed 10 February 1619; he did not take up the post
Waters, Grahame Hugh Clement - BGS 1962-1967
Position - Deputy Head
Subject - Geography, Economics
Before BGS - Educated at Christ's Hospital, Horsham; BA, Readin; RAF pilot WWII; taught at Fleetwood Gramar School; Giggleswick School; Bedford Modern School
After BGS - Headmaster Parminter's School, Bethnal Green
Waters, Solomon - BGS 1657-?
While at BGS - Appointed 18 September 1657; died while at BGS
Watson, ? - BGS 1679-1689
Watson, William - BGS 1620-1627
While at BGS - Appointed 31 October 1620
Wellfit, Theophilus - BGS 1640-1641
While at BGS - Appointed 20 July 1640
West, Thomas Raphael John - BGS 1952-1959
Nickname - Tom
Subject - English
Wheeler, Richard Patrick - BGS 1942-1945
Nickname - Fritz
Subject - Mathematics
Before BGS - Trinity College, Dublin
White, William - BGS 1879-1912
Position - Second Master, Headmaster from 1887.
Whittle, Kenneth Harold Edwin - BGS 1952-1989
Nickname - Ken, Kenny
Position - Head of Mathematics
Subject - Mathematics
Before BGS - Educated at Wolverhampton Municipal Secondary School; BSc(Hons), Birmingham; RAF
While at BGS - Football; Cert Ed, Nottingham; MSc(1969)
Wilkinson, William Alderson - BGS 1930-1970
Nickname - Wilko
Position - Head of Games
Subject - General Subjects, Games
Before BGS - BA, Bede College, Durham; played football for Combined Universities and Leicester City
At BGS - During WWII served in RAF at home and in the Far East
Wilkinson (Mrs) - BGS ?-?
Subject - Geography
While at BGS - Wife of William Alderson Wilkinson
Wilson, Keith - BGS 1970-1973
Before BGS - BSc, Durham
While at BGS - Duke of Edinborough's Award Scheme, Photo Club
Winn, (Miss) Violet Gwendoline - BGS 1917-1919
Subject - French
Winter, Samuel - BGS 1626-1627 (Usher), 1627-1630 (Headmaster)
While at BGS - Appointed Usher 30 January 1626; appointed Headmaster 9 July 1627
Wood, Andrew Richard Arthur Pennell - BGS 1971-1975
Subject - English
Before BGS - His father was Bishop of Norwich; BA, Durham; PGCE, Cambridge
While at BGS - Rowing, CCF (Army Section)
Woodroffe, Walter - BGS 1567-1584
Before BGS - MA, Magdalene, Oxford (1549); ordained in 1549; rector of Wainfleet All Saints for eighteen years; moved to Stickney in 1571
While at BGS - He was at BGS until his death in 1584
Worman, Brian Lawrence - BGS 1935-1950
Nickname - Ben
Subject - Science
Before BGS - Educated at Southgate County School and East London College; BSc(1932), King's College, London; taught at Igbobi College, Lagos (1933-1934); Stand School. London; Haberdashers' Aske's, Hampstead; Scunthorpe Grammar School
At BGS - Military service 1940-1945
After BGS - Sutton County Grammar School
Wright, Dr David A - BGS ?-?
Nickname - Pinhead
Position - Head of Music
Subject - Music
Before BGS - MA, B Mus, Oxford; FRCO
While at BGS - School Choir, School Orchestra, Organist and Choir Master at St Botolph's
Wright, Martin Thomas - BGS 1978-
Photo (Supplied by Amit Datta)
Nickname - Tufty
Subject - Mathematics
Wright, Robert - BGS 1693-?
While at BGS - Appointed 31 March 1693