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HG Wells described Frederick William Sanderson (1857-1922) as "beyond question the greatest man I have ever known with any degree of intimacy." Sanderson was the headmaster of Oundle school in Northamptonshire. His beliefs would have made him a darling of hackers. A fierce believer in intellectual discovery, he directed that the school workshops and laboratories should be left open at all times. Pupils should be able to work on their own projects, even if unsupervised. When a series of mishaps led to this policy being revoked and the doors locked, a group of students - fired with their headmaster's principles - made a study of locks and a cut a set of skeleton keys. One recalls: "It seemed that the head saw nothing; he had a great gift for assuming blindness - until Speech Day came round, and then we were amazed to hear him, as he beamed upon the assembled parents, telling them the whole business, 'And what do you think my boys have been doing now?'"
Richard Dawkins celebrates the memory of a great educationalist.
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