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MR. T. RAYMONT, the well-known educationist, celebrated his eightieth birthday on September 27. at his home in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. As an educationist, Mr. Raymont began his career in the chair of educatibn in University College, Cardiff, in 1890, where he remained until 1905. He was then appointed vice-principal and later warden of Goldsmith's College (University of London), where he remained until 1927. There Mr. Raymont did some splendid work in the development of that College. During the difficult times of the War of 1914–18, he saved the College from extinction by his perseverance and common sense and above all by his absolute faith in its future. By his personal efforts he secured its survival and development in a greatly extended form as a training college for all branches of education. During that time, therefore, his reputation in the educational world became wholly established and his advice was keenly sought after. He was educational adviser to the National Froebel Union for eight years, besides being chairman for an even longer period. In 1928 he was president of the Training College Association and also of the Froebel Society. Perhaps Mr. Raymont's most well-known publication was "Principles of Education", which first appeared in 1904 and became a standard work that has passed through a large number of editions, the latest of which is still in demand. Other publications were "The Use of the Bible in Education", "Modern Education", and "The History of Education in Young Children". For many years Mr. Raymont has written in the educational journals. He has also been a regular contributor to Nature, and still is.
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Mr. T. Raymont. Nature 154, 423 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154423b0
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