![]() ![]() As a teacher he believed firmly in learning by doing as well as seeing and hearing: although the curriculum at the Perse was dominated by classics, he urged that science should be learned through experiment and observation. While in charge, he restored it to a sound financial footing following a crisis. Rouse was appointed headmaster of The Perse School, Cambridge, in 1902. that I came at once into the hands of a most remarkable man whom I might otherwise never have met. Ransome later wrote, "My greatest piece of good fortune in coming to Rugby was that I passed so low into the school. He became a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1888.Īfter brief spells at Bedford School and Cheltenham College, he became a schoolmaster at Rugby School, where he encouraged Arthur Ransome - against his parents' wishes - to become a writer. D.) Rouse ( – 10 February 1950) was a pioneering British teacher who advocated the use of the Direct Method of teaching Latin and Greek.īorn in Calcutta, India on, Rouse gained a double first in the Classical Tripos at the University of Cambridge, where he also studied Sanskrit. ![]() He is also recognized for his translations of Plato's Dialogues, including The Republic, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. ![]() Rouse is known for his plain English prose translations of Homer's ancient Greek epic poems Odyssey (1937) and Iliad (1938). ![]()
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