Tom Stanley Hepworth
Tom Stanley Hepworth D.Ed. (29 June 1916 – 1 September 1985) was an Australian teacher, author and editor.
History[edit]
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[edit]
Hepworth married Edna Olive Wilton on 16 January 1941;[8] they had at least one son.
Bibliography[edit]
- 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)
References[edit]
- ^ "Family Notices". The Queenslander. No. 2599. Queensland, Australia. 15 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "News in Brief". The Courier-Mail. No. 583. Queensland, Australia. 12 July 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "To Study at Harvard". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 27 November 1948. p. 5 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Appointment under Section 47". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 19. Australia. 28 February 1952. p. 1801. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Printers in Broadcast". The Cumberland Argus. No. 3352. New South Wales, Australia. 3 October 1956. p. 11. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. referred to here as Dr Hepworth.
- ^ "Monty Wedd". AustLit (a project of the University of Queensland). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Some better readers". The Broadcaster. Vol. 40, no. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 16 January 1973. p. 11. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A "Day Off" to Relax". The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). No. 560. Queensland, Australia. 12 January 1941. p. 20. Retrieved 22 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.