A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912

Bell, Edward Allen, 1884-1959Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.9
Word count
428K words
Chapters
43

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English Originals Education School LifeEducational ChangeUniversity HistorySocial ObservationEnglish Public SchoolPortrait GalleryArchival DocumentsCeremonial Tradition19th CenturyLocal Memory

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by BellAuthor: Bell, Edward Allen, 1884-1959,Language: English, Class: LF: Education: Individual institutions: Europe, Release Date: Oct 3, 2009

Editor's review

This book is a history of Giggleswick School in Yorkshire, England, covering the period from its foundation in 1499 to 1912, written by Edward Allen Bell. It sets the evolution of a local school over four centuries against the background of British educational institutions and social change, tracing such threads as endowed foundations, school property management, successive headmasters, and changes in curriculum and daily life, and serves as a case study for research in educational and local history. As a free electronic text from Project Gutenberg, it preserves the conventions and tone of early school-history writing, allowing readers both to obtain specific historical facts and to observe how early twentieth-century British scholars organized and narrated school memory. Readers should note that its narrative perspective carries the limitations of its era and that its account of institutional background may not be fully adequate; it is best used alongside general histories of British education. Overall, this is a highly documentary book suited to slow reading and reference rather than light popular reading.

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Reading tips

  1. Begin with the table of contents and preface to clarify the chronological divisions and chapter structure, then read specific periods according to interest.
  2. Keep reference works on British educational or local history at hand to check institutional background, place names, and personal names.
  3. Take notes placing school events alongside major contemporary British social events to form a historical frame of reference.
  4. For the English original, use an electronic dictionary and text-search functions, focusing on verifying names, dates, and provisions concerning school property.

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book in Chinese or English? Is it difficult to read? The original is in English and is a public-domain e-book released by Project Gutenberg. Its style reflects nineteenth- to twentieth-century school-history writing, with long sentences and dense names of people and places, so it demands a certain level of English reading ability. Readers with a college-level foundation in English who are willing to look up background information can work through it gradually, but it is not suitable as an introductory English text.
What time period does the book cover? According to the title and the material, the book narrates the history of Giggleswick School from its foundation in 1499 to 1912, a span of more than four hundred years. The content proceeds chronologically and covers such threads as the school's founding, development, and administrative changes, making it suitable as a long-duration case study of school history.
Is it suitable as a reference for academic papers? It can be used as primary material for research on local educational history and individual school case studies in Britain, especially for topics requiring specific details of school history. However, it is early twentieth-century school-history writing, and its narrative perspective and selection of sources carry the limitations of its era; it is advisable to cross-check it against general histories of education and independent archival materials before citing it.
What practical advice is there for reading the electronic edition? You can use the text-search function of the electronic text to quickly locate names, dates, and events; first read through the table of contents to build a sense of structure, then jump between topics. Jotting down institutional terms and place names as you go and building your own index can significantly reduce the burden of reading a long-duration school history.

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About the author

Bell, Edward Allen, 1884-1959 Author

Edward Allen Bell (1884–1959) was a British author known for his work in school history. His representative work, A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912, chronicles the development of Giggleswick School from its founding in 1499 to 1912 and belongs to the genre of British public-school and local educational history. Because public information is limited, details of Bell's life, education, and career remain difficult to establish; what can be confirmed is that he organized the school's archives and institutional changes over several centuries in a careful narrative, offering a useful reference for the study of local education and school development in Britain. His writing emphasizes the arrangement of historical sources and chronological sequence, with a plain style rather than argumentation. No other works by him are held in the collection, so any assessment of his broader scholarly profile remains constrained by the available material.