Background
SYKES, John Charles Gabriel was born on August 3, 1869. Son of late John Sykes, of the Education Department.
SYKES, John Charles Gabriel was born on August 3, 1869. Son of late John Sykes, of the Education Department.
Winchester; New College, Oxford (First Class Classics 1892). Junior Examiner, Education Department, 1893. Senior Examiner, Board of Education, 1902.
Secretary of Departmental Committee on future organisation of Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines, etc., 1904-1906. Member of Governing Body of Imperial College of Science and Technology since 1907. Assistant Secretary to Board of Education since 1904.
Clubs: Athenaeum : Oxford and Cambridge; Royal and Ancient Golf, St. Andrews.
Spouse 1898, Maud,daughter of C. Faulkner Dobell, of Whittington Court, Glos.