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Charles Granville Barry Greaves (1900-1982) in 1920. Inverness Royal Academy Dux June 1918; First for Sandhurst, second for Woolwich. Joined Royal Engineers 1920; 2nd Lieutenant; Carried out railway survey work with Herbert and Murray in Tanganyika in 1930; Adjutant, Territorial Army 1933-1936; Officer for Technical Duties 1936-1939; World War II 1939-1945; Director of Movements, War Office 1949-1953; retired Major General in 1953. His father was Charles Greaves, teacher of commercial subjects and later of science at the Inverness Royal Academy, who retired from teaching in 1930. (Courtesy Inverness Royal Academy Archive IRAA_039).
Reference: IRAA
Charles Granville Barry Greave...
Inverness Royal Academy Girl Guide Company, photographed in 1927 for use in the school magazine published that June. The same photograph was later used in the People's Journal. At this time the Company Captain was Miss Mary Roy (geography teacher), and Miss Jessie Horne (art) had recently become Lieutenant. Weekly meetings were held in the school gymnasium. The Company was established in about 1923, and ran until the early 1940s. The flag reads: '3rd Inverness Royal Academy.' #
Reference: 26526
Inverness Royal Academy Girl G...
Portrait. Copy from October 1960. The original image can be seen at 828a. #
Reference: 828b
Portrait. Copy from October 19...
Portrait. Copy from October 1960. The school teacher on the left is subject of an enlargement at 828b. #
Reference: 828a
Portrait. Copy from October 19...
'Rotterdam Harbour' by Jan Visser in 1946 (730mm x 970mm). Born in Rotterdam on 29th August 1897, Visser was a painter, water colourist and designer of stained glass, with subjects including harbours, portraits, interiors, animals and (very important to him), religion. Visser was taught, and was a teacher at, the Academy of Art in Rotterdam. He was also a member of the Pulchri Studio, a famous artist society in The Hague. There is a Visser work in the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, and samples can be seen online at: www.marcelgieling.nl [search: jan visser] and www.venduehuis.com/online_catalogus/veiling/14/rubriek/60/pagina/17#lightbox[23657]/0/ Visser died in Rotterdam on 16th September 1968. This brief biographical data was provided by Hans Wijgergangs of the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), the world's leading information centre and central source for the study of Dutch art. The original painting of Rotterdam Harbour is held in a private collection in Inverness. *
Reference: 47668
'Rotterdam Harbour' by...
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, as Mrs Maude Anderson, she was a science teacher at the Inverness Royal Academy, and, long before her marriage, the resident mistress in the Academy girls' hostel at Hedgefield. Her sister Gladys, later Mrs Gladys Fairie, was art teacher at the Royal Academy until her marriage.
Reference: 37288a
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, ...
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, as Mrs Maude Anderson, she was a science teacher at the Inverness Royal Academy, and, long before her marriage, the resident mistress in the Academy girls' hostel at Hedgefield. Her sister Gladys, later Mrs Gladys Fairie, was art teacher at the Royal Academy until her marriage.
Reference: 37288b
Miss Yule, Hedgefield. Later, ...
Reverend Murdo Smith (1877-1936). Born in Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, he was a teacher and missionary, before entering the ministry in 1922. Married to Margaret Matheson and had four children, Peggy, Dolina, Kenneth and Morag. He was also a bard, and a collection of his Gaelic poetry was published in 2014.
Reference: 26165
Reverend Murdo Smith (1877-193...

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