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IN 1839 the Rev. W. Cook was appointed to the City of London School to deliver ten to twelve lectures a year on chemistry and natural philosophy, and this was considered sufficient until 1845, when the programme was increased to four lectures per week. In 1847 Thomas Hall, who was already on the staff, Was appointed as lecturer, and the teaching of science in the School may be reckoned to commence from this date. On Hall‘s retirement in 1869, he was succeeded by Henry Durham, who had joined the staff with Isaac Scarf in the previous year. These two gave yeoman service to the School and did not retire until 1910 and 1919 respectively. They taught throughout a period when science underwent revolutionary changes, and the development of science teaching in the School kept pace accordingly. In 1869 Dr. Abbott, the headmaster, introduced science throughout the curriculum, and his successor, Mr. Pollard, founded the science side in 1892 ; the jubilee of the teaching of science was marked in 1897 with the Hall Memorial Scholarship. Durham was succeeded by G. C. Donington as senior science master, but the latter died soon afterwards and was replaced by G. H. J. Adlam, who died recently. In 1927 the new science laboratories were opened by the Lord Mayor of London, and they consisted of advanced and elementary laboratories, a chemistry lecture room, a balance room and a room for the science staff; soon afterwards, in 1929, a biological laboratory Was completed. A further biological laboratory and a museum were added in 1937, and in 1946 the balance room was converted to an advanced physics lecture room.
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Science Teaching at the City of London School. Nature 162, 767–768 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162767d0
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