Headmasters
The current Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School is Dr John T. Vallance. Dr Vallance attended St John's College, Cambridge and was later a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge at which time he wrote The Lost Theory of Asclepiades of Bithynia (ISBN 0-19-824248-4), which is cited by a number of other histories of philosophy and of medicine. Dr Vallance is also the author of the entries on medicine and anthropology in the Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd edition).
Dr Vallance succeeded Dr Ralph Townsend in his role as Headmaster. After a period at Oundle School, Dr Townsend is now Headmaster of Winchester College, England.
| Years | Sydney College |
|---|---|
| 1835–1841 | William Timothy Cape |
| 1841–1846 | Thomas Henry Braim, MA |
| 1847–1849 | David Patterson |
| 1850 | Charles Woodward, LLB |
| Years | Sydney Grammar School |
| 1857–1866 | W. J. Stephens, MA |
| 1867–1912 | Albert Bythesea Weigall, CMG, MA |
| 1913–1920 | H. N. P. Sloman, MC, MA |
| 1920–1923 | Arthur Henry Shakespeare Lucas, MA, BSc |
| 1923–1939 | H. S. Dettmann, MA, BCL |
| 1940–1950 | Frederick George Phillips, MA |
| 1951–1964 | C. O. Healey, OBE, TD, MA |
| 1965–1968 | S. P. T. Houldsworth, MA, DipEd |
| 1969–1989 | A. M. Mackerras, AO, MA |
| 1989–1999 | Dr Ralph D. Townsend, MA, D.Phil |
| 1999–present | Dr John. T. Vallance, MA, Ph.D. |
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