B C (Ben) Atkin died in 1966.
He retired from the School after a bout of ill health, and lived in Iffley, near the parish church.
He was a Scholar of Hertford, and joined the School in 1932 as Senior Mathematics Master but left two years later for Beaumont College.
In 1941 he returned gave enthusiastic assistance as a Flying Officer to the No 1250 (Oxford Schools) Squadron ATC.
He also helped with rugger refereeing, but was best known as a noted mathematics scholar and teacher.