Background
Harry Rée was born in England, the son of Doctor Alfred Rée, a chemist who was from a Danish Jewish family, and Lavinia Elisabeth Dimmick, the American-born great granddaughter of chemist and industrialist Eleuthère Irénée du Pont.
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Harry Ree
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He was educated at Shrewsbury School, Cambridge University, and the Institute of Education, University of London.
Career
In 1937 he became a language master at Bradford Grammar School, and later at Beckenham and Penge County School for Boys. They had three children, Janet, Brian and the philosopher Jonathan. In 1951, Rée became headmaster of Watford Grammar School for Boys.
He appeared occasionally on the British Broadcasting Corporation Television "Brains Trust" programme.
In 1962 he became the first professor of education at the University of New York He died in 1991.
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United Kingdom