Andrew Gordon-Brown

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Andrew Gordon-Brown
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1967-04-05) 5 April 1967 (age 57)
Sport
Sport Rowing

Andrew Gordon-Brown (born 5 April 1967) is a South African rower [1] and school administrator who has been headmaster of Kingswood School in Bath, England, since 2020. [2]

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Education and rowing career

Gordon-Brown was educated at Hyde Park High School in Johannesburg before studying at the University of Cape Town and Keble College, Oxford. [3] [4]

He competed in the men's eight rowing event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [5]

Teaching career

After a career as a media analyst for J.P. Morgan in England, [6] Gordon-Brown began a second career as an educator, teaching first at Radley College before serving as pastoral deputy head at Stonyhurst. [7] From 2013 to 2020 he was headmaster of Truro School, [8] [9] and has been headmaster of Kingswood School since 2020.

Personal life

As well as rowing, Gordon-Brown's interests include singing. He is married with three children. [2]

References

  1. "Andrew GORDON-BROWN". World Rowing . Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 Kingswood School, Meet the Principal, video. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  3. Mills, Richard. "Top Bath school appoints new headmaster for 2020". Somerset Live. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. "Meet the Trustees". Cornwall Music Service Trust. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Gordon-Brown Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. Finch, Julia. "High-flyer shuns CSFB for school life". Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. Blair, Alexandra. "Becoming a teacher with Andrew Gordon Brown". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  8. "Truro School welcomes new head". Business Cornwall. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  9. Ferrari, Marco (13 June 2019). "Truro School drama students hold free workshops for primary schools". Falmouth Packet . Retrieved 19 June 2019.