Anne Griffith-Jones
| Anne L.P. Griffith-Jones | |
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| Born | 1890 Pembrokeshire, Wales |
| Died | 1973 Ipoh General Hospital, Perak, West Malaysia |
| Resting place | Tapah, Perak, West Malaysia |
| Residence | Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, West Malaysia |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Occupation | Educationist (founder of Tanglin Trust School, Singapore) |
| Awards |
MBE, OBE, Pingat Jasa Kebaktian |
Anne Laugharne Phillips Griffith-Jones OBE (born 15 April 1890) was the founder of Singapore's Tanglin Preparatory School which is now known as the Tanglin Trust School.
Born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Griffith-Jones was the youngest of 13 children and daughter of a Welsh barrister. She, along with many women of her time, had no formal qualifications.
During World War I, she served as a welfare officer at a munitions factory in Wales, for which she was awarded an MBE.
In 1923, Griffith-Jones came to Singapore to spend a three-month holiday with her brother, Oswald Phillips ("O.P.") Griffith-Jones. After her vacation, she chose to stay in Singapore to dedicate her life to the education of expatriate children, founding the Tanglin Day School (which later became the Tanglin Preparatory School).
When the school first opened in March 1925, it functioned from two huts within the premises of the Tanglin Club. It began with five students but soon grew to 50. The school served the needs of children up to the age of eight.
At the time, many British expatriates living in Singapore had to send their children to Britain to attend boarding school at an early age. This meant being separated from their children for a lengthy period of time.
Griffith-Jones saw the need to provide a British-style education in Singapore so that parents could postpone boarding school until their children were of an older age.
In 1934, she opened a second school, the Tanglin Boarding School in the Cameron Highlands (now part of West Malaysia). The school was intended to serve as a "near-by" alternative for expatriate families living in the region who would otherwise have to send their children to boarding schools in Britain.
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