Arthur fforde

Sir Arthur Frederic Brownlow fforde[lower-alpha 1] GBE (23 August 1900 – 26 June 1985) was an English solicitor, civil servant, headmaster, writer and businessman.

Arthur fforde was educated at Rugby School (SH 1914–1919, Head of School) and Trinity College, Oxford. As a solicitor, he became a partner in the law firm Linklaters & Paines (now known as Linklaters) and also had helped establish the Unit trust.[1] In 1948 he returned to Rugby as head master, remaining until 1957,[2] when he became Chairman of the BBC. In 1964 he retired after a spell of ill-health and was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire the same year.[1]

Occasional verses by Arthur fforde were published later in his life, until his death in 1985.

Notes
  1. The surname fforde is spelled with two lowercase F's.
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gollark: Oh, those are neat. I've seen one in a kilobyte or so of JS.
gollark: ```haskell#!/usr/bin/env bashsource math.shint radius = 4.5;area = radius * math.PI * math.pi ** 2;printf '%f' % area;```
gollark: You need a format string for printf, silly.
gollark: Now cease this.

References
  1. "BBC Chairmen: fforde". BBC Press Office. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011.
  2. Rugby School Who's Who, 1975
Media offices
Preceded by
Alexander Cadogan		 Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors
1957–1964		 Succeeded by
Norman Craven Brook
Academic offices
Preceded by
Percy Hugh Beverley Lyon		 Headmaster of Rugby School
1948–1957		 Succeeded by
Walter Hamilton



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