A. S. F. Gow
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Andrew Sydenham Farrar Gow was an English classical scholar and teacher. Apart from eleven years as a master at Eton College between 1914 and 1925 his career was entirely at Trinity College, Cambridge
Gow at Trinity College, Cambridge
Eton College, where Gow taught between 1914 and 1925
Trinity College, Cambridge, where Gow lectured from 1925
George Orwell
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Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition
A. S. F. Gow
…known, not unaffectionately, as "Granny Gow" by pupils and colleagues. His Eton pupils included Alan Clutton-Brock, David Lindsay, Anthony Powell, and George Orwell. By 1925 Gow was settled at Eton and looking forward to becoming a housemaster, when he was invited to resume his fellowship at Trinity as a preliminary…
Orwell in 1943
Orwell's birthplace in Motihari, Bihar, India
The Blair family home at Shiplake, Oxfordshire
Blair's time at St Cyprian's School inspired his essay "Such, Such Were the Joys".