Sir Frederick Mander FEIS was a headmaster and trade unionist and the General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1931 to 1947.
14 Facts About Frederick Mander
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Frederick Mander was educated at the Luton Higher Grade School before training to become a teacher at Westminster Training College.
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Frederick Mander obtained an external BSc degree from the University of London.
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Frederick Mander was already a schoolmaster when he married Hilda Irene Sargent on 2 September 1911.
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Frederick Mander was the headmaster of a school in Luton from 1915 to 1931.
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Frederick Mander joined the National Union of Teachers and was elected to its executive committee in 1922.
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Frederick Mander became Vice-President of the NUT in 1926 and President in 1927.
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Frederick Mander resigned as headmaster of his Luton school to become the NUT's General Secretary, a position he held from 1931 to 1947, when he retired.
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In 1931 Frederick Mander opposed government demands that teachers' pay should be reduced by up to 30 per cent because of the economic crisis at that time.
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Frederick Mander was the Vice President of the National Foundation for Educational Research from 1948 until his death in 1964.
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Frederick Mander was Chairman of Bedfordshire County Council between 1952 and 1962, and was a member of the Executive of the Association of Education Committees.
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Frederick Mander was the President of the Bedfordshire Natural History Society.
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Sir Frederick Mander died at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital in 1964 aged 80.
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Frederick Mander was survived by his wife and two sons and a daughter.