Public school in Ketti, Tamil Nadu, India
The Laidlaw Memorial School of St. George's Homes, Ketti is an English-medium school in Ketti, Tamil Nadu, India. This school also appeared in the Tamil film, Panneer Pushpangal.
Mark Alexander Wynter Blyth M.A.(Cantab) was a House master of the Prep School then a Headmaster of The Laidlaw Memorial School in Ketti, Tamil Nadu from 1941. The school, then first recognized by the Education Department of Madras as a free primary school, was raised to the status of a high school in 1944 during his tenure. Previously he was a house master and the Headmaster at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. A meeting with A. E. Jones (1877-1947), a well-known amateur naturalist in Shimla, led to an interest in butterflies. In 1941 he moved to the Nilgiris at Ketti. Later, he was the principal at Rajkumar College, Rajkot till his demise in 1963.
See also
- St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Ooty
- St. Joseph's Boys School, Coonoor
- Breeks Memorial School, Ooty
- Hebron School, Ooty
- Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty
- Woodside School, Ooty
- Stanes Hr.Sec. School, Coonoor
- Good Shepherd International School, Ooty
- Mountain Home High School, Coonoor
- Rajkumar College, Rajkot
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