It was founded by the Allan Glen's Endowment Scholarship Trust on the death, in 1850, of Allan Glen, a successful Glasgow tradesman and businessman, "to give a good practical education and preparation for trades or businesses, to between forty to fifty boys, the sons of tradesmen or persons in the industrial classes of society". The school was formally established in 1853[1] and located in the Townhead district of the city, on land that Glen had owned on the corner of North Hanover Street and Cathedral Street.[2][3]
Although notionally fee-paying, the school offered a large number of bursaries and enrolled pupils from all social classes, selected on the basis of academic ability. The school's emphasis on science and engineering led to it becoming, in effect, Glasgow's High School of Science. As such, in 1887[1] its management merged with the nearby Anderson's College to form the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College which later became the Royal Technical College in 1912, the Royal College of Science and Technology in 1956, and ultimately the University of Strathclyde in 1964. By the end of 1888 a new building was ready for the school in North Hanover Street.[2][4][5]
Glasgow corporationEdit
In 1912, the school was transferred from the newly designated Royal Technical College to the School Board of Glasgow run by Glasgow Corporation.[2][3][4] Parents who paid domestic or business rates to Glasgow Corporation were charged a much reduced fee, enabling children from less wealthy households, but who had passed the entrance exam, to benefit from the high standard of teaching at the school. In 1923, playing fields were acquired for the school in the suburb of Bishopbriggs[6] and in 1926 the school itself moved into the building previously occupied by Provanside Public School in North Montrose Street.[3] In 1958 a new school building was planned on Cathedral Street, adjacent to the existing one. The new school building was opened in 1964.
Merger with City Public SchoolEdit
Selective schooling was discontinued in Scottish local authority schools in 1972, and Allan Glen's was merged with the City Public School to become a local co-educational comprehensive school on 22 August 1973, known as Allan Glen's Secondary School.[4][7] Following a major re-organisation of school provision, brought about by falling birth rates, population migration and declining school rolls throughout the city, including Allan Glen's, the school was formally closed in 1989.[8]
The playing fields first opened at Bishopbriggs in 1923 and are still owned by the Allan Glen's School Club.[11] They provide the home ground for Allan Glen's Rugby Football Club,[12] which currently plays in the West Regional League Division 1. In 2012, proposals were announced to sell part of the playing fields, following a change in the legal structure of the Trust that controls the assets of the Allan Glen's School Club.[6][13]
Notable alumniEdit
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Although the school emphasised science and engineering,[14] many of its former pupils are also present throughout politics, business, industry, and the arts.
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allan, glen, school, 863512, 243298, 863512, 243298former, buildings, opened, 1964, later, part, central, college, demolished, locationglasgowscotlandinformationtypesecondary, schoolmotto, scientia, humanitas, humanity, with, knowledge, civilization, with, sci. 55 51 49 N 4 14 36 W 55 863512 N 4 243298 W 55 863512 4 243298Allan Glen s SchoolFormer Allan Glen s School Buildings opened in 1964 later part of the Central College Now demolished LocationGlasgowScotlandInformationTypesecondary schoolMotto Cum Scientia Humanitas Humanity with knowledge or civilization with science Opened1853 ceased to be a selective school 1973 closed 1989School districtTownheadPrincipalThe final headmaster during the selective period of the school s existence was Ralph FinlaysonEnrollmentc600Color s Navy and Sky BlueAllan Glen s School was for most of its existence a local authority selective secondary school for boys in Glasgow Scotland charging nominal fees for tuition It was founded by the Allan Glen s Endowment Scholarship Trust on the death in 1850 of Allan Glen a successful Glasgow tradesman and businessman to give a good practical education and preparation for trades or businesses to between forty to fifty boys the sons of tradesmen or persons in the industrial classes of society The school was formally established in 1853 1 and located in the Townhead district of the city on land that Glen had owned on the corner of North Hanover Street and Cathedral Street 2 3 Contents 1 School s evolution 2 Glasgow corporation 3 Merger with City Public School 4 City of Glasgow College 5 Playing fields 6 Notable alumni 7 References 8 SourcesSchool s evolution EditAlthough notionally fee paying the school offered a large number of bursaries and enrolled pupils from all social classes selected on the basis of academic ability The school s emphasis on science and engineering led to it becoming in effect Glasgow s High School of Science As such in 1887 1 its management merged with the nearby Anderson s College to form the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College which later became the Royal Technical College in 1912 the Royal College of Science and Technology in 1956 and ultimately the University of Strathclyde in 1964 By the end of 1888 a new building was ready for the school in North Hanover Street 2 4 5 Glasgow corporation EditIn 1912 the school was transferred from the newly designated Royal Technical College to the School Board of Glasgow run by Glasgow Corporation 2 3 4 Parents who paid domestic or business rates to Glasgow Corporation were charged a much reduced fee enabling children from less wealthy households but who had passed the entrance exam to benefit from the high standard of teaching at the school In 1923 playing fields were acquired for the school in the suburb of Bishopbriggs 6 and in 1926 the school itself moved into the building previously occupied by Provanside Public School in North Montrose Street 3 In 1958 a new school building was planned on Cathedral Street adjacent to the existing one The new school building was opened in 1964 Merger with City Public School EditSelective schooling was discontinued in Scottish local authority schools in 1972 and Allan Glen s was merged with the City Public School to become a local co educational comprehensive school on 22 August 1973 known as Allan Glen s Secondary School 4 7 Following a major re organisation of school provision brought about by falling birth rates population migration and declining school rolls throughout the city including Allan Glen s the school was formally closed in 1989 8 City of Glasgow College EditFollowing the closure of Allan Glen s Secondary School the buildings on Cathedral Street were converted into an annexe for the nearby Glasgow Central College of Commerce The Cathedral Street buildings were demolished in 2013 to enable construction of the City of Glasgow College a new entity created by the merger of three former further education Colleges Central College Glasgow Metropolitan College and Glasgow College of Nautical Studies 9 10 Playing fields EditThe playing fields first opened at Bishopbriggs in 1923 and are still owned by the Allan Glen s School Club 11 They provide the home ground for Allan Glen s Rugby Football Club 12 which currently plays in the West Regional League Division 1 In 2012 proposals were announced to sell part of the playing fields following a change in the legal structure of the Trust that controls the assets of the Allan Glen s School Club 6 13 Notable alumni EditThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations November 2018 See also Category People educated at Allan Glen s School Although the school emphasised science and engineering 14 many of its former pupils are also present throughout politics business industry and the arts Bill Aitken MSP politician Sir John Anderson 1st Baronet of Harrold Priory businessman William Auld poet author translator Prof Dr James Allan Jamieson Bennett pioneer of helicopter flight and designer of the Gyrodyne 15 16 17 18 Sir Dirk Bogarde actor and writer Hugh Dunbar Brown MP politician Thomas Graham Brown Electrical Engineer and co designer of first medical ultrasound scanner Walter Brown mathematician engineer and mathematician FRSE Admiral Sir Lindsay Sutherland Bryson KCB engineer Controller of the Navy Sir John Buchanan director of aircraft production CBE FRS FRAeS MIMechE President of the Royal Aeronautical Society director of aircraft production 1941 19 20 18 Sir Kenneth Calman Chief Medical Officer of Scotland Donald Cameron Aeronautical Engineer and pioneer of modern hot air ballooning Dr John Arnold Cranston FRSE Research chemist co discoverer of protactinium Sir Andrew Davidson chief medical officer MB ChB DL Glasgow Chief Medical Officer for Scotland 1941 54 footballer for Celtic F C and St Mirren F C 21 Gregor Duncan Episcopalian Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway Prof William Jolly Duncan FRS pioneer researcher in aero elasticity and air flutter Dr Tom Eastop Engineer academic and author 22 23 24 Leonard Findlay pediatrician first person to hold the Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health at the University of Glasgow Sir Harold Montague Finniston FRS engineer and industrialist The Reverend Professor John Macdonald Graham CBE 19 Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen Lord Provost of the City of Aberdeen 1961 64 Professor of Systematic Theology at The University of Aberdeen 19 Dr Ian Greer obstetrician President and Vice Chancellor Queen s University Belfast Bernard Parker Haigh professor of applied mechanics in the Royal Naval College Greenwich Robin Hall singer and broadcaster Dr John Vernon Harrison structural geologist and explorer Prof John Gordon Harrower FRSE anatomist Prof James Blacklock Henderson naval architect inventor academic Bill Hill computing graphics pioneer computing graphics pioneer with Microsoft 25 26 27 28 Sir James Colquhoun Irvine Scientist academic and educator Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of St Andrews 1921 52 James Alexander Jameson CBE LH Hon MIMechE mechanical engineer director of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company 29 SVT Jeffrey pioneer of the Canadian Pacific Railway member of the first Scottish Schoolboys international football team 19 30 Sir William Alexander Jeffrey KCB civil servant David Cunningham King South African businessman and chairman Of Rangers Football Club Sir Robert Alan Langlands academic educator vice chancellor of the University of Leeds Prof Donald Neil McArthur FRSE director of the Macaulay Institute of Soil Research Angus John Macdonald Baron Macdonald of TradestonCo Michael William Frederick MacKenzie MSP Stuart McKellar Venture Socialist Labour Member of Northumberland County Council Founding Chair of the North East Social Enterprise Partnership Charles Rennie Mackintosh architect artist and designer Hugh Miller MacMillan Shipbuilding Engineer Lloyd s Register of Shipping Founder Chairman and Managing Director of Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd 31 Wing Commander Norman Macmillan OBE MC combat pilot test pilot and author David Forbes Martyn physicist radiographer founder of Australian Academy of Science Ian McCallum naval architect and chief designer for the liner Queen Elizabeth 2 Lloyd s Chief Ship Surveyor Sir John Mills McCallum MP politician Sir Andrew McCance 32 DL DSc LLD Strathclyde FRS metallurgist industrialist chair of Governors of the Royal College of Science and Technology Duncan MacRae actor comedian Sir Robert Arthur McCrindle MP politician Henry Bell McCubbin MEP politician Harry Duncan McGowan 1st Baron McGowan KBE chairman and managing director of Imperial Chemical Industries Roderick M McKay chess international master 33 David Gemmell McKinlay FRSE civil Engineer and academic Jack McLean journalist journalist author 34 35 36 37 Sir James McFadyen McNeill 38 principal naval architect for the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Grant Morrison comic book writer and playwright 39 Prof Thomas Crawford Phemister FRSE geologist Dr James Phemister FRSE geologist Craig Pritchett chess international master George Strachan Ramsay footballer Royal Air Force killed in action 1918 Jon Rankin MP politician Dr Gordon Rintoul CBE FRSE director of National Museums Scotland Brian Alexander Robertson actor singer composer Sir David Robertson MP politician Prof William Russell FRSE molecular virologist founder of Scientists for Labour 40 41 42 Prof Alan Sked Academic politician and founder of the UK Independence Party John Kendrick Skinner VC DCM Robert Haldane Smith Baron Smith of Kelvin chairman of the Green Investment Bank BBC governor Alan Spence Author poet playwright emeritus professor of creative writing at Aberdeen University Rev Campbell Stephen MP politician Dr Walter Wilson Stothers Scottish Mathematician PhD in Number Theory Cambridge University 1972 Proved the Mason Stothers theorem in 1981 Hugh Brown Sutherland 43 Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering Vice President Institution of Civil Engineers renowned Soil Mechanics expert 44 George Walker Thomson prominent trade unionist President of the Trades Union Congress for 1946 47 Sinclair Thomson RSA Artist winner of the Royal Scottish Academy s Guthrie Award in 1948 and elected a member of RSA in 1952 45 46 47 Alexander Robertus Todd Baron Todd OM PRS FRSE Nobel laureate biochemist Edward Tull Warnock first professionally qualified black dentist in Britain 48 49 50 51 Sir Archibald Boyd Tunnock Businessman and Philanthropist Prof George Macdonald Urquhart FRSE FRCVS eminent Veterinarian developer of the Dictol cattle vaccine Sir John Weir GCVO Royal Victorian Chain Physician Royal 52 William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir GCB PC engineer industrialist 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