About Thorold Coade
Lived 1896 – 1963 (aged 66). Thorold Coade was a British and English writer, educator and head teacher.
Thorold Francis Coade (3 July 1896 – 1 February 1963) was a British schoolmaster.
Thorold Coade was born in Dublin, the son of C. E. Coade, a methodist minister, and educated at Glebe House School in Hunstanton, Harrow School (1910–15), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. By 1916, he was serving in France with the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Wounded at the Battle of the Somme, he served in East Anglia for the rest of the First World War. He believed in self-discipline and developed this at the school. Coade was keen on drama, and the school's theatre, opened in 1966, is named the Coade Hall in his memory.
At the time of his death in 1963, Coade was living at East Knoyle, near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Selected publications Coade produced a number of books:
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Who was Thorold Coade?
British headmaster (1896–1963)
When was Thorold Coade born?
Thorold Coade was born on 3 July 1896 in Rathgar.
When did Thorold Coade die?
Thorold Coade died on 1 February 1963 in East Knoyle.
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Thorold Coade was a writer, educator and head teacher.
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Thorold Coade was British and English.
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