Heller, William Mayhowe

First name(s)

William Mayhowe

Surname

Heller

Position(s) held at King's College London

• Lecturer in Natural Science at King's College School (1892-1894)
• Evening Class Lecturer on Physics for the Conjoint Board (1893-[1894]) ^{Ref: *1}

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended

• Westminster School ^{Ref: *4}
• City and Guilds Central College ^{Ref: *4}

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Head Organizer of Elementary Science in the National Schools of Ireland, National Education Office, Ireland (1870) ^{Ref: *3}
• Science Demonstrator, London School Board (1884) ^{Ref: *4}
• Headmaster, unnamed school, Birmingham (1897) ^{Ref *4}
• Head Organiser, National Science in Schools (Ireland) (1900-1919) ^{Ref: *4}
• Senior Inspector of Technical and Scientific Education in the Irish Free State (-1921) ^{Ref: *2 *4}

• President, Foundation Section of the British Association of the Advancement of Science (1932) ^{Ref: *4}

Personal details

Date of birth

1868

Place of birth

London

Date of death

13 May 1949

Family details

Married to the famous vocalist Madame Clossett. ^{Ref: *4}

Notes

Heavily involved in devising systems of teaching science to children. In 1888-1889, for example, he was involved in setting up a ‘heuristic approach’ at St.Dunstan’s with Henry Edward Armstrong, his former teacher. ^{Ref: *4}