Ralph Douglas Townsend (born 13 December 1951, in Nedlands, West Australia)[1] is an educational consultant. He was Chairman of Prep Schools Trust (2017-2022) and Special Adviser to the President of Keio University and President of Keio Academy of New York (2017-2021). He currently serves on the International Development Group of the Jesuit Refugee Service. He was Headmaster of Winchester College (2005-2016).[2][3] He was previously Headmaster of Oundle School (1999-2005)[4] and before that Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School (1989-1999).
He took up a teaching post at Eton College in 1985. He left as Head of Personal Education in 1989 to become Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School. While in Sydney, Townsend was Patron of the Australian Musicians' Academy and President of the New South Wales Classical Association. After ten years in that post, he returned to England to become Headmaster of Oundle School.[6] In 2005 he was appointed Headmaster of Winchester, the first Roman Catholic to hold that post since the Reformation.[7] In 2011 he was invested a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.[8]
He has written books, articles and reviews in the areas of church history, westerns, religious literature and education.[9]
^. www.winchestercollege.org. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010.
^Publications Ed M.M. Clare, Encountering the Depths DLT 1980;Faith, Prayer and Devotion Blackwell 1983;‘Nicolas Zernov' in Fairacres Chronicle November 1980;‘Mother Mary Clare and the Anglican Tradition' in Christian 1981;‘J.H. Newman' and `The Caroline Divines' in A Dictionary of Christian Spirituality SCM 1983; ‘The Catholic Revival in the Church of England' in The Study of Spirituality SCM 1986; Articles on E.B. Pusey, Nathaniel Spinckes, Peter Sterry, Darwell Stone and Thomas Traherne in Dictionnaire de Spiritualite Brussels 1987-91; ‘The Place of Sport in Education' in Proceedings of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales 1990; ‘The Education Industry' in The Sydney Papers Vol.2 No.2 1990 ‘Education and Business Ethics' in Foundations No.6 November 1991; ‘Even a Good Education Gives Rise to Problems' in Proceedings of the Teachers' Guild of New South Wales 1991-2; also in The Educational Forum Vol.58 No.1 1993; ‘The Sins of Success: the Authority to Change' in The Ethics of Teaching and Learning IPA Education Policy Unit 1993; `What's Going to Happen to the Tots?' in Independence (AHISA) Vol.19 No.1 1994; Gen Ed Australian Studies in History & Letters 4 Vols SGS Press 1996-2000; ‘From Here to Downunder and Back Again’ in The Isis Magazine 27 2000; ‘What We Do Well’ Conference &Common Room 2004; Sanderson of Oundle (Ed) Culverwell 2006; ‘The Cambridge Companion to J.H.Newman’ in The Way April 2010
^(PDF). mrc-academy.org. Midhurst Rother College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
^Mansell, Warwick (18 February 2010). "A bridge across the great divide: Winchester College joins the academy programme". The Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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Ralph Douglas Townsend born 13 December 1951 in Nedlands West Australia 1 is an educational consultant He was Chairman of Prep Schools Trust 2017 2022 and Special Adviser to the President of Keio University and President of Keio Academy of New York 2017 2021 He currently serves on the International Development Group of the Jesuit Refugee Service He was Headmaster of Winchester College 2005 2016 2 3 He was previously Headmaster of Oundle School 1999 2005 4 and before that Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School 1989 1999 Career EditAfter brief teaching appointments at Dover College and Abingdon School he proceeded to further study at Oxford University He was first Senior Scholar at Keble College of Oxford University then a Junior Research Fellow Tutor and Dean of Degrees at Lincoln College where he was the Anglican chaplain He resigned from this post in 1985 when he decided to join the Roman Catholic Church 5 He took up a teaching post at Eton College in 1985 He left as Head of Personal Education in 1989 to become Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School While in Sydney Townsend was Patron of the Australian Musicians Academy and President of the New South Wales Classical Association After ten years in that post he returned to England to become Headmaster of Oundle School 6 In 2005 he was appointed Headmaster of Winchester the first Roman Catholic to hold that post since the Reformation 7 In 2011 he was invested a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem 8 He has written books articles and reviews in the areas of church history westerns religious literature and education 9 He has been a Governor of Terra Nova School Cheshire 1999 2003 Old Buckenham Hall School Suffolk 1999 2006 Ardvreck School Crieff Scotland 2000 2005 Ampleforth College North Yorkshire 2003 2006 Bramcote Lorne School Nottinghamshire 2003 2005 Mowden Hall School Northumberland 2000 2007 Worth School West Sussex 2004 2010 and 2016 2019 The Pilgrims School Winchester 2005 2013 St Swithun s School Winchester 2005 2013 St John s School Beaumont 2007 2016 and Charterhouse School 2016 2019 From 2005 to 2011 he was a Trustee of the United Church Schools Trust and an adviser to the United Learning Trust From 2008 to 2016 he was a Governor of Midhurst Rother College and from 2014 to 2019 a Trustee of St George s House Windsor Castle 10 11 He was a governor of UWC Dilijan College 2008 2018 12 References Edit Births The West Australian 18 December 1951 p 16 Retrieved 18 August 2012 Townsend Dr Ralph Douglas Townsend Who s Who 2011 A amp C Black 2011 online edn Oxford University Press December 2010 accessed 23 September 2011 The long view The Guardian 29 November 2005 Retrieved 1 September 2011 Public school backs academy plan BBC News 14 February 2003 Retrieved 18 September 2011 The Tablet 29 June 1985 Catholic Herald 21 June 1985 and 2 February 2007 Garner Richard 14 February 2003 Boarding school is first to take up City Academy plan The Independent Retrieved 18 September 2011 dead link Catholic first The Tablet 17 July 2004 Winchester College Meet the Headmaster www winchestercollege org Archived from the original on 23 April 2010 Publications Ed M M Clare Encountering the Depths DLT 1980 Faith Prayer and Devotion Blackwell 1983 Nicolas Zernov in Fairacres Chronicle November 1980 Mother Mary Clare and the Anglican Tradition in Christian 1981 J H Newman and The Caroline Divines in A Dictionary of Christian Spirituality SCM 1983 The Catholic Revival in the Church of England in The Study of Spirituality SCM 1986 Articles on E B Pusey Nathaniel Spinckes Peter Sterry Darwell Stone and Thomas Traherne in Dictionnaire de Spiritualite Brussels 1987 91 The Place of Sport in Education in Proceedings of the Teachers Guild of New South Wales 1990 The Education Industry in The Sydney Papers Vol 2 No 2 1990 Education and Business Ethics in Foundations No 6 November 1991 Even a Good Education Gives Rise to Problems in Proceedings of the Teachers Guild of New South Wales 1991 2 also in The Educational Forum Vol 58 No 1 1993 The Sins of Success the Authority to Change in The Ethics of Teaching and Learning IPA Education Policy Unit 1993 What s Going to Happen to the Tots in Independence AHISA Vol 19 No 1 1994 Gen Ed Australian Studies in History amp Letters 4 Vols SGS Press 1996 2000 From Here to Downunder and Back Again in The Isis Magazine 27 2000 What We Do Well Conference amp Common Room 2004 Sanderson of Oundle Ed Culverwell 2006 The Cambridge Companion to J H Newman in The Way April 2010 Governors 2010 2011 PDF mrc academy org Midhurst Rother College Archived from the original PDF on 4 September 2011 Retrieved 18 September 2011 Mansell Warwick 18 February 2010 A bridge across the great divide Winchester College joins the academy programme The Independent Retrieved 18 September 2011 Annual Review 2015 16 p 7 PDF uwcdilijan org 2016 Academic officesPreceded byThomas Richard Cookson Headmaster of Winchester College2005 2016 Succeeded byTimothy Roderick HandsExternal links EditWinchester College Website The Headmaster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ralph Townsend headmaster amp oldid 1120242766, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
