Walter Harry Green Armytage

Background

Walter Harry Green was born November 22, 1915, in Kimberley, South Africa.

Education

After graduating from Downing College of Cambridge in 1937, Harry continued studying there and received a certificate in education in 1938, followed by a master’s degree in 1941.

Career

Armytage's career was briefly interrupted by World War II, when Walter Armytage served as a member of the London Irish Rifles.

After returning from the war he joined the education faculty at the University of Sheffield in 1946. He quickly moved up the ranks, being named senior lecturer and then professor before he was forty. In 1954 he was tapped to serve as chair of the department, a post he maintained until 1982. Through the years he served as visiting faculty at several universities including Kent State and the University of Michigan.

His writing continued throughout his career. His first book, A.J. Mundella: The Liberal Background of the Labour Movement, was published in 1951, and was followed by numerous books on the topic of education including Civic Universities: Aspects of a British Tradition, A Social History of Engineering, Four Hundred Years of English Education.

He died of Alzheimer’s disease, June 13, 1998.

Achievements

• Harry Armytage was known for devotion of his career to education, he wrote prodigiously on the subject of history of English education as well as a social history of engineering and an account of Utopian experiments in England. Besides, he was the author of the famous series of four books, that looked at U.S., French, German and Russian influences on English.

Works

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  • Russian Influence on English Education
  • Yesterday's Tomorrows: A Historical Survey of Future Societies

Connections

Armytage married Frances Horsfall in 1948 (died 1996). They had one son.

Spouse:

Frances Horsfall

References

• Who's Who in the World 1998