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Nicolas Horsburgh
Nicholas Lester Horsburgh (born 14 July 1952 in Bangalore, India) is a British educator and author. He has had over 250 textbooks published by Oxford University Press for use in primary schools in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Horsburgh has written textbooks for science, English, art and craft, and social studies. Horsburgh worked at Neelbagh school, becoming headteacher after the death of his father, David Horsburgh, in 1984. Horsburgh joined Neelbagh in 1975 after touring India in his role as chief education officer of the British Council. Horsburgh is a strong advocate for activity based learning.