“In 1967 with I.M. MacGregor’s death Haileybury lost a prime mover in the Keysborough project, and an influential English teacher. His nickname of ‘Jock’ was hardly original, but fitted the broad Scottish accent, craggy appearance, and dry humour. An avaricious reader of English classics, he was especially fond of Chaucer and Shakespeare.
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