Norman Routledge - Did Dad approve of me? (77/139)
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Channel: Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People · 2017 · Science & Technology
To listen to more of Norman Routledge’s stories, go to the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVV0r6CmEsFy0scpmp2JOe87muCf5O1dg Norman Routledge (1928-2013) won a mathematics scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, where he was made a Fellow in 1951, forming friendships with Alan Turing and EM Forster. He went on to become a schoolmaster and housemaster at Eton until his retirement in 1989. [Listener: Christopher Sykes; date recorded: 2010]
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