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The Stewarts of Bourtreebush (Second Edition)

Name: The Stewarts of Bourtreebush (Second Edition)
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ISBN: 978-988-8834-18-1

Gillian Bickley

English , 2025/12 Proverse Hong Kong

Tags: Poetry

216 x 140 x 1 mm , 165pp ISBN / ISSN : 978-988-8834-18-1

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In a follow-up to her biography of renowned Hong Kong educationalist Frederick Stewart, Dr Gillian Bickley, often in company with her husband, Dr Verner Bickley, turns the spotlight on his Aberdeenshire, Scotland, family, in an archival search, which serves as a model for other researchers engaged in Scottish family history as well as family history in general, interrogating the influence of each family member on the others. Read in connection with her biography of Frederick Stewart, The Golden Needle, it shows how Stewart’s early life and education uniquely prepared him for the important educational work he did in Hong Kong, thereby, from humble beginnings, having influence in the far reaches of the world. In a follow-up to her biography of

GILLIAN BICKLEY is the Biographer of Frederick Stewart, Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, and has done considerable research on his Scottish background and education.

She provides extensive documentation and sympathetic portrayals of Dr Stewart’s Scottish family, presenting the perspective of each family member.