M G Glazebrook
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Michael George Glazebrook was a former Headmaster of Clifton College
, later a Canon of Ely
, and is reputed to have once held the world record for the High Jump
.
and went on to study at Balliol College, Oxford in both Classics and Maths, where he received First Class Honours.
High Jump in 1875 and went on to become the British Amateur Champion in that year Prior to 1912, the high jump
world record was not ratified by the IAAF and therefore there is only an unofficial progression. However, on 22 March 1875 Glazebrook is said to have jumped 1.80m (equally a mark set by Marshall Brooks
) which at the time was the highest thus far attained.
Clifton College
In 1891 he became the Headmaster of Clifton College
. This post was one that had been held by two previous appointments, John Percival
and James Maurice Wilson
, both of whom had encouraged science as a subject at the school (which still today has a strong tradition having had three Nobel laureates). Having studied classics and mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford, Glazebrook seemed the ideal candidate. He held the post until 1905. However, he has been described in this role as having been a regrettably forbidding man, nicknamed “The Bogey” by his pupils. Although he was successful in maintaining excellent academic standards and a high moral tone, and although he had a reputation for having promoted music in the school, he was not popular and this was reflected in the steady decline in numbers at Clifton during his time.
The pride in his earlier sporting achievements was evident in the fact that his medals were framed and hung outside his Clifton study for all to see.
Canon of Ely
He held the office of Canon of Ely from 1905 to 1926. During this time he chaired the Governing Body of Ripon Hall from 1919 to 1924. He graduated with a Doctor of Divinty (D.D.).
Clifton College
Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...
, later a Canon of Ely
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
, and is reputed to have once held the world record for the High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
.
Early life
Michael George Glazebrook was born in 1853. He was the son of M. G. Glazebrook and first cousin of the famous mathematician and physicist Richard Tetley Glazebrook and brother of the portrait painter Hugh de T Glazebrook. Like his cousin, he studied at Dulwich CollegeDulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
and went on to study at Balliol College, Oxford in both Classics and Maths, where he received First Class Honours.
Sporting Achievement
At Oxford Glazebrook was an athletics blue. He won the Varsity MatchVarsity match
A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two university rivals; in its original and most common form, it is used to describe meetings between Oxford University and Cambridge University.-Popular British and Irish Varsity matches:*University of Oxford v...
High Jump in 1875 and went on to become the British Amateur Champion in that year Prior to 1912, the high jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
world record was not ratified by the IAAF and therefore there is only an unofficial progression. However, on 22 March 1875 Glazebrook is said to have jumped 1.80m (equally a mark set by Marshall Brooks
Marshall Brooks
Marshall Brooks was a nineteenth century sportsman who was the British Amateur High Jump champion in 1874 and 1876, world record holder for the High Jump on three occasions, as well as a rugby union international who represented England in 1874.-Early life:...
) which at the time was the highest thus far attained.
Clifton CollegeClifton CollegeClifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...
In 1891 he became the Headmaster of Clifton CollegeClifton College
Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...
. This post was one that had been held by two previous appointments, John Percival
John Percival (bishop)
John Percival was the first Headmaster of Clifton College, where he made his reptutation as a great educator. In his 17 years at Clifton numbers rose from 62 to 680. He accepted the Presidency of Trinity College, Oxford to recover from his exhaustive years at Clifton...
and James Maurice Wilson
James Maurice Wilson
Rev. James Maurice Wilson was a British theologian, maths and science teacher, and astronomer.-Early life:...
, both of whom had encouraged science as a subject at the school (which still today has a strong tradition having had three Nobel laureates). Having studied classics and mathematics at Balliol College, Oxford, Glazebrook seemed the ideal candidate. He held the post until 1905. However, he has been described in this role as having been a regrettably forbidding man, nicknamed “The Bogey” by his pupils. Although he was successful in maintaining excellent academic standards and a high moral tone, and although he had a reputation for having promoted music in the school, he was not popular and this was reflected in the steady decline in numbers at Clifton during his time.
The pride in his earlier sporting achievements was evident in the fact that his medals were framed and hung outside his Clifton study for all to see.
Canon of ElyEly CathedralEly Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...
He held the office of Canon of Ely from 1905 to 1926. During this time he chaired the Governing Body of Ripon Hall from 1919 to 1924. He graduated with a Doctor of Divinty (D.D.). Family and later life
On 29 July 1880 he married Ethel Brodie, the daughter of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Bt. and Philothea Margaret Thompson, He died on 1 May 1926.Further reading
- Obituary - Times, 3 May 1926, p8
- Obituary - Guardian, 26 May 1926, p393
- Major, "Michael George Glazebrook (1853 - 1926)", Modern Churchman; 46 (1956), pp 307-8
- Norman Whatley, "Michael George Glazebrook (1853 - 1926)", Dictionary of National Biography 1922-1930, London:Oxford University Press, 1937, pp. 340-341