Raymond Sheppard and Biology for General Certificate

Biology for General Certificate, p.275

Biology for General Certificate  by J. T. [John Trevor] Hankinson, M.A. (Biology Master, Canford School) wrote this 344 page school book in 1955 and it was published and reprinted in 1958 and 1959 by Blackie and Son.This was by no means his only book.

•  A Public School Biology. with illustrations by  C. M. Heath. London: Blackie and Son, 1932
• Choosing a Public School. London: Heinemann, 1940
  
• Cricket for Schools. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1946 
• Rugby Football for Schools. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1946
• Hockey for Schools. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1947
• Soccer for Schools. London:  George Allen & Unwin, 1948 [with Alwyn Chadder)
  
• Squash Rackets. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1949 
• Lawn Tennis for Schools. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1951
• Boxing J. T. Hankinson with Richard George Butler Faulkner. London: Allen & Unwin, 1952
• Bowls -Technique and tactics, J. T. Hankinson with Walter Phillips. London:  George Allen & Unwin, 1960

• The Horse and His Rider by Major P.R. Goldingham, Edited by J.T. Hankinson. London George Allen & Unwin, London, 1948

Biology for General Certificate, p.277

Raymond Sheppard drew some lovely animal studies for the book.  They included the Herring, the Eel, the Robin, the Cuckoo and the Rabbit. This book had a forerunner in "A Public School Biology" with "Many of the admirable drawings by C. M Heath [having] been retained and others have been added by Raymond Sheppard, R.I. and B.C.Wood. The high standard has been maintained by contributions from two Canford boys, J.M.F.Mather and J.K. Owen"

Biology for General Certificate, p.284

Biology for General Certificate, p.285

Biology for General Certificate, p.287

 

John Trevor Hankinson's first title in 1932 includes this fact about the author "former biology master and medical tutor". He thanks C. Heath his former pupil, "Exhibitioner of King's College Cambridge" for the drawings. Interestingly, he was featured in 2 photographic articles on Stowe School (Buckingham) in The Graphic (12 December 1931) and the Illustrated London News (10 June 1933). In the book he edited for Major P.R. Goldingham, he states he knew the Major and saw him at Canford, Dorset - from which he resigned his post-war commission on 20 September 1946. The Birmingham Daily Post of the 15 July 1961 tells us that the Danish people were taught cricket by Hankinson who "devoted his summer holiday several times to touring Danish clubs and coaching the younger players". In 1960 the Bookseller magazine tells us with his eighth book ("Bowls") he achieves 70,000 sales for all his books" (25 June 1960, p.21).

 

I suspect he was born in 1904 and died on 31 March 1962, in Charminster, Dorset but can't confirm this.