Draft:David A. Bishop
David Andrew Bishop ( – 9 May 1943) was a Scottish educator active in British Malaya. He served as the Inspector of Schools in Selangor in the 1910s before he was transferred in 1921 to the Raffles Institution in Singapore as headmaster, where he remained for a decade.
Early life and education
[edit]Bishop studied at the University of Edinburgh,[1] from which he graduated with a Master of Arts degree. In July 1904, he was appointed by the Edinburgh School Board as a "leet to fill vacancies for male assistants".[2]
Career
[edit]Bishop joined the education service and was posted to Malaya in 1906, arriving in July.[3] He began his career in the region at the prestigious Raffles Institution (RI) in Singapore as an Assistant Master under headmaster Charles McGowan Phillips, who had also assumed the post in that year, succeeding Richmond William Hullett.[4] He was appointed the Inspector of Schools for the state of Selangor by 1910. In November, he was offered the post of Secretary to the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, though he did not end up assuming that position.[5] Bishop began acting as the headmaster of the Anderson School in Ipoh, Perak in July 1911.[6] In November 1913, he was appointed to act as the Inpsector of Schools for the state of Perak,[7] He returned to Selangor as the Inspector of Schools the month after.[8] In April 1914, he was appointed to act as the Inspector of Schools for the state of Kuala Lumpur,[9] after which he eventually returned to Selangor again as Inspector of Schools.[10]
Kevin Tan noted that contemporary accounts of Bishop suggest that he was a "kind and courteous person."[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Bishop joined the Singapore Volunteer Artillery by 1907.[12] He was active with the local chapter of the Young Men's Christian Association, heading its Athletic Club by December 1905.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES. Seventh Annual Dinner of Singapore ex-Students". The Straits Budget. Singapore. 7 November 1907. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Edinburgh School Board Appointments". Edinburgh Evening Dispatch. 27 July 1904.
- ↑ "LIST OF PASSENGERS". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 July 1906. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- 1 2 Tan, Kevin Y. L. (2008). Marshall of Singapore: A Biography. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 36. ISBN 9789812308788.
- ↑ "Untitled". The Straits Times. 25 November 1910. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "P. C. C." Straits Echo. 21 July 1911. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS". Pinang Gazette And Straits Chronicle. 10 November 1913. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Untitled". Singapore Free Press And Mercantile Advertiser. 23 December 1913. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "M. A. P." Straits Echo. 20 April 1914. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "SOCIAL AND PERSONAL". The Straits Times. 5 April 1918. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ Mangan, J. A.; Kelly, William (2015). The New Geopolitics of Sport in East Asia. Taylor & Francis. p. 26. ISBN 9781317702856.
- ↑ "S. V. C. ORDERS". The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 30 October 1907. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Election of Directors of the Y.M.C.A." The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 December 1908. Retrieved 2 August 2026.