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1913-fl.1997
Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, 1913; moved to Brentford, c1919; enrolled as a full-time student at the Engineering School, Regent Street Polytechnic, 1927; participated in sporting activities there; gained a Ordinary National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, 1930; employed in engineering; continued part-time education at Acton Technical College; Higher National Diploma, 1934; married Mary Eileen Senton, 1937; graduate member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, 1939; associate member, 1940; served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, later Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, during World War Two; in India, 1942-1945; emigrated to Australia, 1951; retired, 1974; moved to New Zealand, 1982.
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6 Oct 1881 – 4 Sep 1965
Attended the Regent Street Polytechnic.Created a baronet, 4 July 1953
Created a life peer, Baron Bossom, 30 Jan 1960
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1896-1983
Grandfather was a Church of England ministerFather established an orphanage in Liverpool
He studied at Magdalen College Oxford
Came to Poly School of Art where he met future wife Josefina de Vasconcellos
Painted some of the 8 murals in the Fyvie Hall c.1920-1923. There is an article in the Poly Mag 1923 written by Banner about the paintings.
Didn't serve in World War 1 due to medical exemption 'a lateral spinal curvature that had started from learning sideways at his desk at school' [Margaret Lewis biog]
Very religious and became an Anglican lay preacher.
Painted landscapes of the Lake District where he lived wife Josefina.
Friends with the William Heelis and Beatrix Potter. Banner painted Potter.
Adopted 2 sons
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1932-1992
Alumna of the Polytechnic School of ArtObtained a pass for City and Guilds of London Institute course in Hand Embroidery in 1955 and passed the National Diploma in Design in 1956.
Won a prize for Textile Design in the School of Art's Summer Term Competition in 1955 and again in 1956 for Fabric Design And Printing.
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6 Aug 1881-11 March 1955
Spent two years studying in the Commercial branch of the Polytechnic Secondary School from 1895-97.
Discovered Penicillin in 1928
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fl.1923-1946
Born, c1923; volunteered for the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, 1940; basic training at Guildford; posted to the Records Office at Winchester; moved to Bournemouth; the work included writing up secret war diaries; posted to London to study for six months at Regent Street Polytechnic, 1942; kept apart from the civilian students; taught in the electrical and radio workshops; sent to Gainsborough for the final stages of training, including learning how to search for signals which could be relayed to guns and to calibrate the information; posted to Charminster, working in the radio workshops and on the gun sites; posted to various workshops around England, eventually at Kippings Cross near Pembury, Kent; discharged, 1946; married P R Baker.
The Schools of Engineering at Regent Street Polytechnic were used between 1940 and 1945 for training technicians in various disciplines for the army, navy and air force. Departmental laboratories were used under a double-shift system, and several thousand personnel were trained over the period. Civilian day courses were maintained, but with a restricted number of students, and evening courses were discontinued until the end of the war.
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1905-1990
E R Corby (1905-1990) was an architectural student from the late 1930's of the Regent Street Polytechnic. Several drawings attributed to Corby are stamped Riley and Glanfield Chartered Architects, 6 Raymond Buildings, Grays Inn, WC1., suggesting that he was employed at this firm in the late 1930s-1950s. Further information provided by the donor indicates that Corby was also employed by Giles Gilbert Scott and produced drawings for him of Coventry and Liverpool Cathedrals and the Houses of Parliament during its restoration in 1945/6.
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fl.1920-1955
Studied at the Polytechnic School of Art in 1920s.Designed ballet sets and costumes for Sadlers Wells and Rambert
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12 Jul 1891-1974
Joined the Quintin School in 1903 and then the Art School in 1906, first as a student, then as a pupil teacher and then Assistant Master. In 1913 he gained a Scholarship to the Royal College of Art.
From 1914 he served with the Poly A Company of the Rangers, rising from Rifleman to Q.M. Sergeant, before being commissioned into the 7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. In March 1918 he was wounded and taken prisoner. His drawings from the POW camp are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.
In 1915 he married Sybil Mayer, a fellow Poly Art School student.
After the war he re-joined the Art School as Assistant Master, at the invitation of the School Head, Mr Percival Gaskell, and taught continuously until his retirement in 1956. On his retirement he announced that he was returning to the Art school as a part-time student to study Lithography and Wood Carving!
Outside of his teaching work, Tresilian had a very successful career as a children’s book illustrator, including Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book and numerous Enid Blyton books.
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4 Oct 1893-22 Oct 1985
Born and grew up in Yorkshire.Studied at the Polytechnic School of Art, 1920 - assumed to have taken Evening Life Classes (Drawing of Modelling)
Taught at the Polytechnic School of Art, fl.1920-1928
Designed costumes for the Polytechnic's displays at the Lord Mayor's Parade, 1928
Wrote books including Food In England (1954)