Douglas Ewart High School

Secondary school in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK

54°57′36″N 4°29′24″W / 54.960°N 4.490°W / 54.960; -4.490

Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922 in Newton Stewart, Scotland. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Douglas Free School^[1]^[2] opened in 1834 and the High School of the Ewart Institute opened in 1864.

Headteachers

George Webb (2019-2023)

Stephan Foster (2023-2024)

George Webb (2024-onward)

Notable former pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Douglas Ewart High School

John Dedman, member of the Australian Parliament^[3]
James A. Mirrlees, Nobel Prize winner^[4]
Kate Dickie, actress^{[citation needed]}
Sir John McFadyean, pathologist^[5]

References

^ "Douglas Free School". douglashistory.co.uk.
^ "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slavery". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Spaull, Andrew. "Biography - John Johnstone Dedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ "James A. Mirrlees - Curriculum Vitae". Nobelprize.org. 5 July 1936. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2017.