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Life Summary

Name	Sir Harold Stanley Wyndham
Born	27 June, 1903 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 April, 1988 (aged 84) St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Methodist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Martin, Leslie Harold (colleague)
Education *	Cleveland Street High (Sydney) (student, 1914-1914) Fort Street High School (Sydney) (student, 1915-1919) University of Sydney (student, 1920-1927) Stanford University (USA) (student, 1931-1933)
Occupation or Descriptor *	educationist (1925-1968) New South Wales, Australia teacher training college teacher (1925-1930) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1935-1942) New South Wales, Australia air force officer (1942-1943) Federal, Australia public servant (1943-1946) Federal, Australia public servant (1946-1968) New South Wales, Australia public service head (1952-1968) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airforce officer)
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1961) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1969)
Legacies *	Sir Harold Wyndham Lecture (NSW Institute for Educational Research) (eponym) Sir Harold Wyndham medal (Australian College of Educators) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Art Gallery of New South Wales (trustee) Opera House (Sydney) (trustee) State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (chair) State Library of New South Wales (trustee) Australian College of Education (federal) (president, 1963-1965) Soldiers' Children Education Board of New South Wales (chair, 1964-1984) Australian College of Education (federal) (fellow, 1974)
Workplaces *	Newtown North Public School (Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1928-1928) Sydney Teachers' College (lecturer, 1929-1931) Australian Council of Education (secretary, 1935) Dept of Education (NSW) (public servant, 1935-1969) Dept of Education (NSW) (school inspector, 1940-1941) Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal) (public servant, 1943-1946) Dept of Education (NSW) (staff inspector, 1946-1948) Dept of Education (NSW) (deputy director, 1951-1952) Dept of Education (NSW) (director-general, 1952-1968)

* Dates are approximate