Douglas Ewart High School

Coordinates: 54°57′36″N 4°29′24″W / 54.960°N 4.490°W / 54.960; -4.490 The Douglas Ewart High School (DEHS) is a secondary school, located on Corsbie Road, Newton Stewart, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It has about 700 pupils.

Douglas Ewart High School was opened in 1922. It was the amalgamation of the Douglas Free School opened in 1834 and the High School of the Ewart Institute opened in 1864.

Notable former pupils

John Dedman, member of the Australian Parliament^[1]
James A. Mirrlees, Nobel Prize winner^[2]
Kate Dickie, actress

References

↑ Spaull, Andrew. "Biography - John Johnstone Dedman - Australian Dictionary of Biography". Adb.online.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
↑ "James A. Mirrlees - Curriculum Vitae". Nobelprize.org. 1936-07-05. Retrieved 2012-12-27.

External links

Secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway

State schools	Annan Academy Castle Douglas High School Dalbeattie High School Douglas Ewart High School Dalry Secondary School Dumfries Academy Dumfries High School Kirkcudbright Academy Langholm Academy Lockerbie Academy Maxwelltown High School Moffat Academy Sanquhar Academy St Joseph's College Stranraer Academy Wallace Hall Academy

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