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Sir Brian William Hone OBE FACE (1907–1978) was an Australian headmaster and, in his youth, a first-class cricketer. Born on 1 July 1907 at Semaphore, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, he was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide (B.A. Hons, 1928) where he won Blues in cricket, football and tennis. During the 1929–30 cricket season he opened the batting for South Australia, scoring a century against Victoria and averaging nearly 50. In 1930 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to attend New College, Oxford (B.A., 1932; M.A., 1938), and achieved honours in English. (C. S. Lewis was his tutor). He won Blues in cricket and tennis.〔(''Hone, Sir Brian William (1907–1978)'' ), Weston Bate, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, Melbourne University Press, 1996, pp 481–483.〕 He was the brother of tennis player Garton Hone and father of sportsman David Hone. From 1933 to 1939, Hone taught at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, and was made head of the new department of English. Whilst in England he wrote ''Cricket Practice and Tactics'', (London, 1937). 1940–1950: Headmaster, Cranbrook School Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.〔(Cranbrook School )〕〔(Cranbrook School Headmasters )〕 1951–1970: Headmaster, Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia.〔(Melbourne Grammar School – Senior School )〕 1973–1974: Deputy Chancellor, Monash University.〔(Former Officers of Monash University )〕 He died in Paris on 28 May 1978. His remains lie near the Norfolk Island pine planted in Dr J E Bromby's〔John Edward Bromby, MA, DD was appointed first Headmaster of Melbourne Grammar School in 1858.〕 honour in the grounds of Melbourne Grammar School. ==Selected bibliography== *R. M. Jukes, Liber Melburniensis, 4th edn, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School (Melbourne, 1965). *J. W. Hogg, Our Proper Concerns (Sydney, 1986). *C. E. Moorhouse, Sir Brian Hone, Unicorn, Vol 14 No 1, February 1988 *C. E. Moorhouse, Challenge and Response (Melbourne, 1989); 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Hone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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