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2 unusual facts about John Walter Fletcher


Blamire Young

It had been intended that he should become a clergyman, but Young felt that he had no vocation for that work and obtained the position of mathematical master at Katoomba College, Katoomba, New South Wales, which had been founded by John Walter Fletcher in 1884.

John Walter Fletcher

In 1893, a major economic downturn forced Katoomba College to close, and Fletcher joined the Bar that same year.



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