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{{Infobox person
| name = Arthur E. Foot
| honorific_suffix =<small>[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]</small>
| image = Arthur E. Foot.jpg
| image size = 150px
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 21 June 1901
| birth_place = [[Burnley]], [[Lancashire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1968|9|26|1901|6|21}}
| death_place =
| nationality = [[United Kingdom|British]]
| other_names =

| known_for = Schoolmaster at [[Eton College]]<br> First headmaster of [[The Doon School]] & [[Ottershaw School]]
| occupation = [[Schoolmaster]]
}}
'''Arthur Edward Foot''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (more commonly '''A.E. Foot''') (21 June 1901 – 26 September 1968), was an English [[schoolmaster]], educationalist and academic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/interview_doon-school-is-popular-for-building-an-aristocracy-of-service_1392063 |title=Doon School is popular for building an 'aristocracy of service' - Academy - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-06-05 |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jtmgibson.typepad.com/my_weblog/by_doon_alum/ |title=Remembering Jack Gibson: By Doon Alum |publisher=Jtmgibson.typepad.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref> He was a science master at [[Eton College]] from 1923 to 1932. In 1935, he was invited to India to head a newly opened all-boys [[boarding school]], [[The Doon School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://harpritsan.com/BajpaiFinancialTimes.html |title=Headmaster's Interview with Financial Times |publisher=Harpritsan.com |date=2003-01-02 |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref> where he was the first headmaster from 1935 to 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnathersuch.com/op_website/op_owners_text.htm |title=Ottershaw Park |publisher=Johnathersuch.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref> He then returned to England as head of another new school, [[Ottershaw School|Ottershaw]].

==Life==
The son of William Henry Foot, by his marriage to Harriet Pearson, the young Foot was educated at [[Winchester College]] and at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. From 1923 to 1934 he was an assistant master at [[Eton College|Eton]], acting as Secretary of the national Science Masters’ Association from 1932 to 1934. He then went out to India to take up the position of first headmaster at [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]], where he remained until 1948. In India he was active as a radio broadcaster on educational topics between 1936 and 1945, was Chairman of the [[Indian Public Schools Conference]] for 1943–44, and served on the Commander-in-Chief's Indian National War Academy Committee in 1945–46.<ref name=who>‘FOOT, Arthur Edward’, in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who Was Who 1961–1970]]'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1979 reprint; {{ISBN|0-7136-2008-0}})</ref>

After leaving [[The Doon School|Doon]], Foot returned to England and subsequently went on to become the first headmaster of [[Ottershaw School]],<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811932,00.html |title=Education: School Without Ties |publisher=TIME |date=1950-02-13 |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osobs.com/node/11 |title=Ottershaw School History | Ottershaw School Old Boys' Society |publisher=Osobs.com |accessdate=2012-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072425/http://www.osobs.com/node/11 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euttaranchal.com/education/schools/the-doon-school.php |title=The Doon School Dehradun Uttarakhand - ICSE Boarding Doon School Information - Schools in Dehradun India |publisher=Euttaranchal.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-04}}</ref><ref>http://osobs.d10.redroom.co.uk/sites/osobs.d10.redroom.co.uk/files/prospectus.pdf{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> retiring in 1964. He was President of the Surrey County Teachers’ Association for 1955–1956.<ref name=who/>

In 1935, he had married Sylvia Hartill and they had one son and one daughter. He died on 26 September 1968, when his address in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' was given as Pitter Cottage, [[Crawley, Hampshire|Crawley]], [[Winchester]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name=who/>

==Honours==
*[[Boy Scouts Association]] Medal of Merit, 1934<ref name=who/>
*[[Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal]], 1946<ref name=who/>
*Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]], 1948<ref name=who/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite book|title=Run like a Stag: The Story of Ottershaw School 1948 - 1980|publisher=Peacock Press|ISBN=978-1-904846-31-4|editor1-first=Dennis|editor1-last=Williams|date=November 2008}}
* [https://archive.is/20121219012747/http://fullcirclebooks.in/content/chhota-hazri-days-doscos-yatra ''Chhota Hazri Days: A Dosco's Yatra''] by Sanjiv Bathla, [[Rupa & Co.]], 2010 {{ISBN|978-81-291-1694-9}}.
* [http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/en/content/sahibs-who-loved-india ''Sahibs who Loved India''] by [[Khushwant Singh]], [[Penguin Books]], 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-14-341580-0}}.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=vUnF8fl2dzcC&dq=doon+school&source=gbs_navlinks_s ''An Indian Englishman''] by Jack Gibson, [[Lulu (company)|Lulu Press]], 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-4357-3461-6}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?q=Constructing+PostColonial+India:+National+Character+and+the+Doon+School, ''Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School''] by Sanjay Srivastva, published by [[Routledge]] 1998 {{ISBN|0-203-98027-1}}.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090523134810/http://www.doonschool.com/the-school-and-campus/origins-a-history Arthur Foot profile on The Doon School page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072425/http://www.osobs.com/node/11 Ottershaw School Profile]

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