Cyril Jackson (educationist)
Sir Cyril Jackson KBE (6 February 1863 – 3 September 1924) was a British educationist, important in the development of education in Western Australia.
Jackson, the eldest son of Laurence Morris Jackson and Louisa Elizabeth Craven,[1] was born in Dartmouth Park Road in Kentish Town.[2] Educated at the Charterhouse School and New College, Oxford, Jackson graduated in 1885 with honours in Literae Humaniores.
He became the first Chairman of the West Guildford Roads Board (predecessor to the Town of Bassendean), the inaugural meeting of which was held in the billiard room of Jackson’s house on 12 July 1901. Official recognition of the new municipality followed a week later on 19 July 1901.[3]
Jackson was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1917. He died on 3 September 1924.
Cyril Jackson Senior High School was created in Perth, Western Australia in 1961 and named in his honour.
References
- ^ Wendy Birman, 'Jackson, Sir Cyril (1863 - 1924)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 455-457. Retrieved 2009-08-16
- ^ London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681–1930
- ^ "Library Home » Bassendean Memorial Library".
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Jackson, Cyril". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 16 August 2009.