Hollingsworth John Herbert

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Biografie:
John Herbert Hollingsworth (1875- 1957)
The Late J. H. Hollingsworth was born on May 20, 1875, the son of John McKee Hollingsworth, physician and surgeon, of Felsted, in Essex. He was educated at Felsted School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated as 21st Wrangler in 1897. He was Assistant Master at Rossall School from 1899 to 1904, when he moved to Harrow, as Assistant Master and later House Master, until his retirement in 1932. - At Harrow he did much for the reform of mathematical teaching, at one time heavily opposed by some of the senior members of the staff. During the First World War he served in the Royal Marine Artillery (Captain), winning the D.S.C. and the Belgian Croix de Guerre.
He was elected to the Alpine Club in December, 1905, on the proposal of L. R. Furneaux, seconded by H. L. R. Dent, and he was one of the latter's companions in guideless climbing for many years. Guideless climbing by the British had already come to stay, thanks to the initiative of the Pilkingtons, Mummery, Claude Wilson, Raeburn, Irving and other notable mountaineers ; but there was room for climbers of only average abilities to make the practice generally acceptable. H. L. R. Dent's parties, which might include novices, helped to achieve this, though viewed with much disgust by Sir Edward Davidson. They did not aim at novelties or records, and Dent himself used to claim cheerfully that they probably took longer on their climbs than anyone else. Hollingsworth was one of the most regular members of these groups and nearly all his climbing, before and after his election to the Club, was done guideless. Many familiar names occur in· his company S. B. Donkin, W. L. Clarke, Unna, W. G. Adams and W. M. Roberts. Quite late in life, he took up skiing and kept that going till 1953·
An appreciation of Hollingsworth's gifts as a teacher appeared in The Times for August 31, 1957.
T. S. B.
Quelle: Alpine Journal Vol. 63. Nr. 296, 1958, Seite 111


Geboren am:
20.05.1875
Gestorben am:
08.1957