St. George's College, Agra
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St. George's College | |
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India | |
Coordinates | 27°09′57″N 78°00′57″E / 27.165736°N 78.015794°ECoordinates: 27°09′57″N 78°00′57″E / 27.165736°N 78.015794°E |
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Type | Christian Minority Institution |
Motto | Press Onwards |
Founded | 1875 |
School board | ISC (Class XII), ICSE (Class X) |
Authority | |
Staff | 100+ |
Number of students | 3500+ |
Campus size | 40 acres (160,000 m2) approx. |
Campus type | Urban |
Houses | Saunders(Red) Westcott(Blue) Robinson (Green) Clifford (Yellow) |
Website | stgeorgesagra |
St. George's College, Agra, is one of the oldest convent schools in India. It is a Minority Anglo-Indian Christian Institution granted Minority Rights under Article 30 of the Indian Constitution. It is located near Mall Road and near to Targhar. The campus is approximately 40 acres (160,000 m2).The students are widely named as Georgians in the city. The school is accredited under the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education board for grade 10th and under the Indian School Certificate board for Grade 12. The school was established in 1875 as an Army School for British Armed Forces at Agra. With the passing by of time it started admitting students from civilian background as well.
The college originates in a school set up by Irish priest Joseph Rooney in the late 1840s.[1]
Headmasters and principals[]
Headmasters[]
- Edward W. Maylor (1875 - 1882)
- G. H. Johnson (1888 - 1894)
- Rev. L. F. Philips (1895 - 1910)
- S.T. Rollo (1895 - 1910)
- Rev. Ben Colton (1911 - 1912)
- Rev. F. H. Smith (1913 - 1915)
- Norman H. Tubby (1916 - 1919)
- Rev. N. Rose Burnett (1920 - 1923)
- H. A. Phillips (1924 - 1926)
Principals[]
- T. D. Ayo (1926 - 1933)
- Capt. M. C. Ellis (1933 - 1934)
- E. C. Ellis (1943 – 1946)
- Maj. M. C. Ellis (1946 – 1947)
- I. Montes (1947 – 1948)
- Richard Stephen Law (1949 - 1970)
- B. Roberts (1970 - 1972)
- A. R. David (1973 - 1979)
- I. V. Phillips (1980 - 1992)
- J. S. Jeremiah (1992-)
References[]
- ^ Brady, William (1887). "Some Catholic Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny, 1857, pt. II". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record. pp. 603–18.
External links[]
- Official Website[dead link]
- Christian schools in Uttar Pradesh
- High schools and secondary schools in Uttar Pradesh
- Education in Agra
- Educational institutions established in 1875
- 1875 establishments in India