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Edmund Tucker
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Born in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, he was brought up in Swansea and educated at Swansea Grammar School. He was a scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, where he read Classics, and he later took at external degree (with 1st class honours) at London University. He came to Royal Geographical Society High Wycombe from Pocklington School where he had been Second Master for a number of years.
Prior to teaching at Pocklington School, he had taught at Bemrose School, Derby.
Tucker was appointed headmaster of Royal Geographical Society High Wycombe on 29 March 1933, succeeding George Wright Arnison, and remained head until his death. The school expanded greatly during his term of office and he was elected to the Headmaster"s Conference in 1943.
