GEORGE HENRY KNIGHT - CLARKE K. C. London

The Rev. Knight-Clarke, Founder and Head­master of the Quilmes Grammar School, today, St. Alban's College, was born at Aylsham in Norfolk, England, on 11th August 1869.

Doyen of the clergy of the Anglican Diocese of Argentina and Eastern South America, he held the Bishop's license for many years. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and, later, became an Associate of King's College, London.

He was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and in 1897, priest, by the Bishop of London. He was curate of St. Matthias-on-Weir, Bristol, during 1896 and 1897, and of St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1897 to 1899.

He then went out to the Malay Peninsula as Chaplain and undertook missionary work at Selangor for two years, after which he was chaplain at Sarawak 1901-02 and at Labaun 1902-06. In 1900 he was acting-headmaster of the Victoria Institution, the Government School, at Kuala Lumpur. During his stay in the East he was in charge of Singapore Cathedral for six months.

In 1906 Mr. Knight-Clarke came to this country as chaplain of All Saints' Church, Quilmes, where he remained until 1922. It was in Calle Alvear in that suburb he founded the Quilmes Grammar School on 15th January 1907. The next move was to Quinta Badaraca, vicarage of All Saints' Quilmes and then in 1917 the school moved to Los Cedros, Quilmes, until the end of 1922 when it finally moved to Lomas de Zamora and became known as St. Alban's College, beginning the schola­stic year on 1st February 1923, at Avda. Almirante Brown near the corner of Calle Cerrito.

The removal to its present premises, at Ramón Falcon 250, Lomas de Zamora, took place in 1938. In 1922 Mr. Knight-Clarke gave up his chaplaincy to devote himself entirely to scholastic work, though licensed by Bishop E. F. Every to officiate within the diocese.

Possessed of a very strong character indeed it was he who laid down the ethical, moral, academic and sporting bases which has made St. Alban's such a positive" influence in Argentine Education through the years, moulded the School into what it is today, and imbued his successors (who fortunately have all been Philomathians) so completely with his spirit that the same ethos is still pursued and imposed at present in the everyday life at St. Alban's College.

The Rev. Knight-Clarke will always be remembered for his keen sense of justice and good humour. As an enthusiastic bridge player of note. He was a great school­master and mathematician and it was always a source of great happiness to him to be surrounded by his pupils.

The high esteem and affection in which he was held, and the tremendous influence he had moulding the characters of his pupils, was shown by the many Old Boys and friends who expressed their sorrow when he died on 27th April 1944.