Bertrand Hallward

Bertrand Leslie Hallward (24 May 1901 – 17 November 2003) was a British educationalist who served as Headmaster of Clifton College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.

Among his paternal ancestors were several Anglican clergymen, and on his mother's side he was the nephew of Bertrand Evelyn Mellish Gurdon.

After two terms teaching at Harrow School he returned to Cambridge as a fellow of Peterhouse, where he quickly developed an interest in academic administration.

[1] Having unsuccessfully applied for the headmastership of Felsted School in 1931, Hallward was offered the position of Headmaster of Clifton College in Bristol in 1939.

After a bomb hit the school, he moved the pupils to Bude in Cornwall for the remainder of the Second World War.

Hallward in 1949
The Trent Building on the University of Nottingham campus; Hallward was the University's first Vice-Chancellor, from 1948 to 1965.
The Hallward Library at the University of Nottingham, opened in 1972 and named after Hallward.