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Tales and Travels of a School Inspector First Edition
Author(s): John Wilson (Author)
- Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 May 2007
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 224 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781841585260
- ISBN-13: 1841585262
Book Description
John Wilson was an Inspector of Schools during the latter half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. His career in education spanned 50 years, during which time he inspected many schools in the Highlands and Islands, including Jura, Islay, Orkney, Argyll, Heisker and Iona. First published in 1928, the personal account of his experiences is both compassionate and humorous, providing a valuable insight into the social and educational conditions in the Gaelic Highlands and Islands following the 1872 Education Act.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘a gripping read from start to finish . . . Wilson had spent too many hours of his life jawing with anglers and commercial travellers in country hotels not to know how to tell a good story’
— Ronald Black
About the Author
John Wilson was born in Dufftown in Banffshire, and brought up in Keig in Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Moray House Free Church Training College and Edinburgh University. He worked as Headmaster of Duffus Public School in Morayshire until, in 1882, he joined the inspectorate. He retired shortly before the publication of Tales and Travels of a School Inspector.
