Bertrand Hallward
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Bertrand Hallward was the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

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Hallward was a pupil at Haileybury College, an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....

 and a Classics don at Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the oldest college of the University, having been founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely...

 prior to becoming headmaster of Clifton College(1938-1948). During the war he was forced to take the school into wartime exile in Bude
Bude
Bude is a small seaside resort town in North Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Neet . It lies just south of Flexbury, north of Widemouth Bay and west of Stratton and is located along the A3073 road off the A39. Bude is twinned with Ergué-Gabéric in Brittany, France...

, North Cornwall, where it nevertheless flourished under his leadership and came top of the national academic league tables.

In 1948 he became the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham and in his seventeen years there he created a great university on a large campus, building many halls of residence on the collegiate principle as well as academic and administrative departments. He was also an outstanding judge of academic and teaching ability and he appointed many distinguished staff.

In 1965 he retired and spent much of the next ten years with his wife on board their ocean-going yacht 'Delphis' in the Mediterranean. He lived to be 102 and was still a major force as a character and an intellect well into his late nineties.

The Hallward Library of the University of Nottingham is named after him. Also, subsequent to his death, a girl's boarding house at Clifton College
Clifton College
Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...

was established & named after him (Hallward's House).
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