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'''Eyre Burton Powell''' <small>[[Order of the Star of India|CSI]]</small> (1819 - 10 November 1904) was a British educationist who served as the first Principal of the [[Presidency College, Madras]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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Powell was born in 1819 to Eyre Burton Powell and educated at [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]], where he graduated BA as 31st [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Wrangler]] in 1840.<ref>{{acad|id= PWL836EB|name=Powell, Eyre Burton}}</ref> He left for [[Madras]] in 1848 to join as a [[clerk]] in the High School, Madras, later rising to become headmaster and eventually, Principal, when the school was elevated to the status of a college. Powell was appointed Director of Public Instruction for the [[Madras Presidency]] in 1862 and served from 1862 to 1875.<br />
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In 1866, Powell was made a [[Order of the Star of India|Companion of the Order of the Star of India]]. He died on 10 November 1904. Powell's statue is present in the campus of the Presidency College, Madras.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
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Powell is remembered for his accomplishments as the first Principal of the Presidency College, Madras and for pioneering Western education in the Madras Presidency. Some of his protégés include [[C. V. Runganada Sastri]], [[Sir A. Seshayya Sastri]], [[Sir T. Madhava Rao]] and [[V. Ramiengar]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|author=C. E. Buckland|year=1999|pages=341|publisher=Genesis Publishing Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-7020-897-6}}<br />
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