Tom Stanley Hepworth
Australian teacher, author and editor
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Tom Stanley Hepworth D.Ed. (29 June 1916 – 1 September 1985) was an Australian teacher, author and editor.
Tom Stanley Hepworth | |
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| Born | 29 June 1916 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 1 September 1985 (aged 69) Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Teacher, author, editor |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Harvard University (D.Ed.) |
| Notable works | Castaways of the Monoboola, Dyslexia: The Problem of Reading Retardation |
History
Hepworth was born in Brisbane, Queensland to Tom Hepworth and his wife Martha May Hepworth, née Russell (1881–1966), of "The Palms", Park Road, South Brisbane.[1] His father died when Tom was quite young; his mother married again, to William Robert McGregor (died 1948).
He began his working life as a teacher at Colamba, near Chinchilla, Queensland.[2] By 1948 he was senior History and Economics master at Brisbane Grammar School and undertook further studies in education at Harvard University,[3] from where he graduated as Doctor of Education.
In 1951 he was appointed Education Officer with the Commonwealth Office of Education.[4]
He was employed as editor by Educational Press, of Sydney, and was responsible for the Australian Children's Newspaper (1953– ) and The ABC Children's Hour Annual #1–#5 (1956–58, 1960–61), and The Australian Children's Annual #6–#8 (1963–65).[5] Monty Wedd was a frequent collaborator.[6]
In 1960 he established the Australian Reading Research Foundation to investigate and treat dyslexia.[7]
He died in Hornsby, New South Wales
Family
Hepworth married Edna Olive Wilton on 16 January 1941;[8] they had at least one son.
Bibliography
- Hepworth, T. S. Castaways of the Monoboola: A story for boys (1948)
- Hepworth, T. S. Religion and education in the Queensland social order: a history of the development of a system of public education in Queensland with special reference to the relationship between church and state throughout this development (1953) Thesis (D.Ed.), Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
- Hepworth, T. S. Adventure of the Outcasts (1956) appeared in A.B.C. Children's Hour Annual #1, pp. 25–27
- Hepworth, T. S. Dyslexia: The Problem of Reading Retardation (1971)