Dear Lyonesse,
I got a response from the college's archive, from Mr. Anselm Nye.
"The Principal of Westfield College from 1966 until 1983 was Bryan
Thwaites. He was born in 1923 and educated at Dulwich College,
Winchester and Cambridge. He worked as Scientific Officer for the
National Physical Laboratory 1944-47 and then lectured at Imperial
College in the University of London 1947-51. From there he moved to
his old school, Winchester as Assistant Master 1951-59 before being
appointed to the Chair of Theoretical Mechanics at Southampton
University, 1959-66.
Outside of his educational employment he served as chairman of the
COuncil of the Church of England College of Education 1969-71 and the
Church of England Higher Education Committee 1974-76. He served as
chairman of the Governing Body of two other colleges of the
University of London: Heythrop College 1978-82 and Goldsmiths'
College 1975-80. He was also a Justice of the Peace and involved in
hospital and local health authority committee chairmanship at various
times in the 1970s and 1980s."
[Note: "dean" was refered to as "principle" at that college].
As for your other question, the coast of arms was composed of a book,
a gold cross on it, a left hand and a bear's paw. "The coat of arms
was granted to Westfield College in 1934. [...] The gold cross was
taken directly
from the arms of the University of London. The book stands for
learning and the other two motifs are puns on two of the founders: the
left hand ("main" signifying integrity) stands for Constance Maynard,
first Mistress of the College and the bear's paw ("bruin") for Miss
Dudin Brown, founding benefactress."
I have written again, in order to receive an image of the coat-of-arms.
Further Information
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University of London Old PPC WESTFIELD COLLEGE Orchard
<http://www.stamps-auction.com/item-19026>
(Old postcard featuring this now defunct college).
Archives in London - Westfield College
<http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=3044&inst_id=39>
(proving a brief history of the college).
The college building in Hampstead
<http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/family/Westfield.gif>
I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
clarification on this answer before you rate it. Search strategy:
first searched for the contacts of the college's archive, and
contacted them. |
