Douglas_Ewart_High_School Knowpia

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Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922 in Newton Stewart, Scotland. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Douglas Free School^[1]^[2] opened in 1834 and the High School of the Ewart Institute opened in 1864.

Headteachers edit

George Webb (2019-2023)

Stephan Foster (2023 onward)

Notable former pupils edit

Andrew Ayre, British High Commissioner to Guyana, 2011–15

John Dedman, member of the Australian Parliament^[3]
James A. Mirrlees, Nobel Prize winner^[4]
Kate Dickie, actress^{[citation needed]}
Sir John McFadyean, pathologist^[5]

References edit

^ "Douglas Free School". douglashistory.co.uk.
^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Spaull, Andrew. "Biography - John Johnstone Dedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ "James A. Mirrlees - Curriculum Vitae". Nobelprize.org. 5 July 1936. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.