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Fred Clarke
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Born in Witney, Oxfordshire
Born in 1880
Died in 1952

Born 1880. Died 1952 - Radical English educationist.


Studied modern history at Oxford. Most influential writing was Education and Social Chagne (1940). Argued that after WWII Britain’s class divided education would become unacceptable. Forerunner to the ideas behind the Education Act of 1944.

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