Eric Colville: THE Hero In Education
March 16, 2007Eric Colville recently died. One of the great regrets of my life is never writing him that letter telling him what an incredible teacher and influence in my life he was.
Major Colville was a major in Her Majesty’s army decades before I was born and taught both Latin and English at Howe Military School.
For those of you who were never in his class, I am sorry. For those of you so close that you attended Howe and were so far that you did not get to be in his class(es) … I am deeply, truly sorry.
I can still remember the first day of Latin … “Latin is not a dead language” he began in his thick British accent.
His sense of humor, his dignity, the tears that would well up in his eyes for the students he loved and the compassionate smile he had even for those he couldn’t stand … will always be remembered.
Sir
You I must also thank for writing such kind words about my father. He is very much missed but the writings about him on this website are sincerely appreciated.
Again my thanks