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Mr John Vernon was Rector of Palmerston North High School (now Palmerston North Boys' High School) from 1902 until his death in 1918, during the great Influenza epidemic. In 1908, he founded the College House boarding establishment, which is still a feature of the school.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014N_Scs2_007967
Title
John Vernon, Rector of Palmerston North High School
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Scs 2
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1910

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
book,
glasses,
moustache,
people,
photographs,
pnbhs,
reading,
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