John Strong

John Strong CBE FRSE FEIS LLD (15 January 1868 – 7 October 1945) was a 20th-century British educationalist. He was one of the creators of the Education Act (Scotland) 1918. This brought the many poorly-funded private Catholic schools in Scotland (mainly in the Glasgow area) into state control. Early life and education Strong was born in Barrow-in-Furness on 15 January 1868. He trained as a teacher at Westminster Training College and then studied at the Yorkshire College (which became the University of Leeds in 1904) where he graduated with the degree of MA in around 1888. Academic career In 1900 Strong became Rector of Montrose Academy. In 1914 he became Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh and saw it through the losses of the First World War. In 1918 Strong returned to his alma mater, the University of Leeds, as Professor of Education where he remained until 1934.