Nicholas Vaughan Bevan was a leading British rowing coach and school headmaster.
13 Facts About Nick Bevan
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Nick Bevan was born at the Limes Nursing Home in Shrewsbury, England, the son of David and Hilary Bevan.
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Nick Bevan was educated at Shrewsbury School where his father taught for 42 years and was a housemaster.
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Nick Bevan rowed for Oxford University in the 1963 Boat Race, coming from behind to beat Cambridge University.
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In 1963, Nick Bevan joined the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in the British Army.
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Nick Bevan was stationed at British Honduras, Plymouth, Singapore, Malaya, and Mauritius.
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Nick Bevan resigned from the Army in 1968 studied for a Certificate of Education at St John's College, Cambridge.
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Nick Bevan taught at Westminster School from 1971, coaching rowing at the school, winning the British Schools' Head of the River Race in that year.
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Nick Bevan then moved back to teach at Shrewsbury School, becoming a housemaster like his father.
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Nick Bevan retired in 2004, moving to North Aston, but continued his involvement with rowing.
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Nick Bevan was on the management committee of the British National Schools' Regatta, and coached for St Edward's School, Oxford and the women's eight of Balliol College, in Oxford.
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Nick Bevan married Jane Tildesley in 1967 and after this was dissolved Annabel O'Connor in 1978.
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Nick Bevan suffered from a stroke in September 2013 due to renal cancer.