Douglas Quadling
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English mathematician, school master and educationalist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Douglas Arthur Quadling was an English mathematician, school master and educationalist who was one of the four drivers behind the School Mathematics Project in the 1960s and 70s. Life Quadling was educated at the City of London School. In 1939 the school was moved out of London, at the start of World War II, with most of the pupils attending Marlborough College though not accommodated there. Quadling had use of the College library at weekends, was influenced by Gordon Nobbs, one of the masters, and decided on a teaching career. In 1943 he won a scholarship to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
