Frank Sandon
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1890 Islington, London, England |
| Died | 29 May 1979 (aged 88) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Frank Sandon (3 June 1890 – 29 May 1979) was a British swimmer.[1] He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.[2]
Sandon studied mathematics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge finishing as a Wrangler. He joined the Home office but found he was 'too remote from real people' so changed to teaching after World War I. He taught at Highgate School from 1921-1923 and at various grammar schools, becoming headmaster of Plymouth Corporation Grammar School, founded in 1562, for eight years until its closure in 1937. A strong believer in co-education, in 1941 Sandon was appointed headmaster of Millom County Secondary School in Millom, Cumberland.[3][4][5] He wrote or contributed to numerous books on statistics.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Frank Sandon". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Sandon Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ Hughes, Patrick. Highgate School Register 1833-1988 (7th ed.). p. 92.
- ^ Sandon, Frank. "A secondary school in a remote area". doi:10.1080/03057875080000211. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ "Corporation Grammar School". Old Plymouth. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Frank Sandon". Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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