Background
His father died when he was a small child and he spent two years in an orphanage.
assistant headmaster student teacher
His father died when he was a small child and he spent two years in an orphanage.
University College.
He spent the war as a captain with the Westminster Dragoons, and was mentioned in dispatches. From 1946-1949 he was a student of classics at University College, Oxford. From 1949-1952 he was an assistant master at Uppingham School teaching classics.
From 1952-1959 he was an assistant master at Shrewsbury School teaching classics.
From 1960-1964 he was Headmaster of Street Edmund"s School, Canterbury. From 1964-1971, he was Headmaster of Bradfield College.
In 1971 he was named Headmaster of Harrow. He headed Harrow at a difficult time for British public schools generally, due to the political environment and financial pressures.
Despite sometimes public criticism, Hoban responded with cost-saving measures, whilst refurbishing houses.
During his tenure at Harrow, numbers slipped below 700 only three times. He oversaw many important building projects, including the new Central Feeding block. The New Knoll boarding house.
And new physics and maths schools.
He retired in 1981.
Hoban died on 6 July 2003, aged 81.
