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Canon J. T. Stevenson. Was born in Cape Town, South Africa on July 9, 1865, his father Robert Stevenson and his mother Hannah Heideman. At the age of sixteen he became a member of the Cape Town University and obtained the Government teacher's diploma; he then started his teaching career.

Four years later he travelled to England to study theology at St. Agustine's College then at Durham University and returned to Cape Town in 1888 where he was ordained a priest at St. George's Cathedral and started a mission in the Dutch speaking community and a school for boys, of which he became Headmaster.

Later, he returned to England and in 1895 he was asked to become the Chaplain of All Saints Church, Quilmes, Argentina. A month before leaving England he married Edith Melsome.

In 1898 he secured the interest of eighteen gentlemen, who became the Founders of St. George's College. From 1898 until his retirement in March 1935, he guided the destiny of a small private school, which grew to be the most important British scholastic institution in South America.

He travelled to England and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E) in recognition of his valuable services. He returned ill to Argentina and died on October 24th, 1936.