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3 unusual facts about Lawrence Pyke


Lawrence Pyke

In the late 1930s, Pyke married Mavis Clarke and they had three children: John Pyke, Robert and Jane.

Pyke was only the second scientist headmaster at Newington (most had been classical scholars) and he was keen to improve facilities for teaching Chemistry and Physics.

In 1927, on his mother's death, Pyke was orphaned and he was adopted by Lawrence Adamson, the bachelor Headmaster of Wesley.


Harry Cortis Jones

During his time on staff he served under five other Headmasters: Edward William Cornwall, Rev Dr Charles Prescott, Philip Le Couteur, Mervyn Austin and Lawrence Pyke.


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