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That same year, the founding headmaster at Greenhill, Bernard Fulton, needed a coach.
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Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
With his older brother and younger sister, Coleman Bryan Barks grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where his father, Herbert Bernard Barks, was the headmaster of the Baylor School, situated on 100 acres.
—Rebecca McCarthy, AJC.com, 28 Feb. 2026
When his wife disappears, the reputation of Michael Polly (David Morrissey), until then a highly respected headmaster of an elite high-school, begins to fall apart.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
For me, folklore started right back at school, when our junior headmaster used to sit and tell us tall colorful tales, oral Cumbrian legends and ghost stories, which could be augmented and added to in the telling.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
With his older brother and younger sister, Coleman Bryan Barks grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where his father, Herbert Bernard Barks, was the headmaster of the Baylor School, situated on 100 acres.
—Rebecca McCarthy, AJC.com, 28 Feb. 2026
When his wife disappears, the reputation of Michael Polly (David Morrissey), until then a highly respected headmaster of an elite high-school, begins to fall apart.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
For me, folklore started right back at school, when our junior headmaster used to sit and tell us tall colorful tales, oral Cumbrian legends and ghost stories, which could be augmented and added to in the telling.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headmaster. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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headmaster
noun
head·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
-ˈmas-
: a male head of a private school
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