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Roedean (/ ˈ r oʊ d iː n /) is a private boarding school governed by royal charter on the outskirts of Brighton, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1885 by three sisters to educate wealthy daughters and heiresses of aristocracy and industrial elites of the 18th century.
Roedean School for Girls is a private English medium and boarding school for girls situated in the suburb of Parktown in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. History [ edit ]
The school was established in 1875 by Charles Ingham at Moira House in Surrey. [1] Within a few years it had moved to Eastbourne. [1] On 27 January 2018, the school merged with Roedean School as part of the newly created Roedean Group of Schools and became known as Roedean Moira House.
Former pupils of Roedean School in Brighton, England are known in some circles as "Old Roedeanians", a term which is also used for alumni of Roedean School (South Africa). The abbreviation OR is sometimes used.
Alumni of Roedean School (South Africa) are known as in some circles as "Old Roedeanians". The term is also used for alumni of Roedean School in England. Pages in category "Alumni of Roedean School, South Africa"
Although baptised in the Church of England, the Willises attended a Theistic church founded by the Charles Voysey in Swallow Street, near Piccadilly.At Roedean, Willis objected to the lack of religious teaching, was attracted to Anglo-Catholicism, and at the age of seventeen was confirmed at the High Anglican St Cuthbert's, Earls Court, remaining a lifelong Anglican.
Roedean School Art class in 1907. In 1895 new premises were required and it was planned to build near Rottingdean. The family got behind the idea and their brother Paul invested £50 from his new job as a barrister. The new school was constructed between 1897 and 1899 and the growth to what was called Roedean was a step change.
Parent stepmother Barbara Euphan Todd Ursula Violet Graham Bower MBE (later known as U. V. G. Betts ) (15 May 1914 – 12 November 1988), was one of the pioneer anthropologists in the Naga Hills between 1937 and 1946 and a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese in Burma from 1942 to 1945.