Edmund Beale Sargant [SEP] date of birth
Edmund Beale Sargant
Edmund Beale Sargant (1855–1938) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire, particularly notable for his policy of introducing English in the South African educational system in the first years of the twentieth century, as Director of Education for the Transvaal and Orange River Colony under Alfred Milner, and in the aftermath of the war. "The Sargant Repor"t (1905) was important for the future of education in the Transvaal.
Sargant founded and funded a shortlived school in Hackney, London, called 'School Field
October 1901 was appointed as Assistant Director of Education in the Transvaal, where two years later he was promoted to Acting Director of Education for the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. On 5 July 1902, Edmund Beale Sargant, Director of Education for the Transvaal, wrote a letter to the Council of Education, Witwatersrand requesting their cooperation in selecting a committee regarding technological education. A committee was then formed, with Ware as the chairman. They recommended the establishment of a technical institute. 
In late 1902, the requests reached