Eyre Burton PowellCSI (1819 - 10 November 1904) was a British educationist who served as the first Principal of the Presidency College, Madras.
Portrait of Eyre Burton Powell
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Powell was born in 1819 to Eyre Burton Powell and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as 31st Wrangler in 1840.[1] He left for Madras in 1848 to join as a clerk in the High School, Madras, later rising to become headmaster and eventually, Principal, when the school was elevated to the status of a college. Powell was appointed Director of Public Instruction for the Madras Presidency in 1862 and served from 1862 to 1875.
In 1866, Powell was made a Companion of the Order of the Star of India. He died on 10 November 1904. Powell's statue is present in the campus of the Presidency College, Madras.
^"Powell, Eyre Burton (PWL836EB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
C. E. Buckland (1999). Dictionary of Indian Biography. Genesis Publishing Pvt. Ltd. p. 341. ISBN978-81-7020-897-6.
January 01, 1970
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