Frank Sandon

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Frank Sandon
Personal information
Born(1890-06-03)3 June 1890
Islington, London, England
Died29 May 1979(1979-05-29) (aged 88)
Sport
SportSwimming

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[]

  1. ^ "Frank Sandon". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Hughes, Patrick. Highgate School Register 1833-1988 (7th ed.). p. 92.
  4. ^ Sandon, Frank. "A secondary school in a remote area". doi:10.1080/03057875080000211. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Corporation Grammar School". Old Plymouth. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Frank Sandon". Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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