The Putney School
Location
418 Houghton Brook Road, Putney, VT, U.S.
Information
Type	Private independent co-educational boarding and day high school
Established	1935
Director	Emily Jones
Faculty	35 full-time, 24 part-time/adjunct
Enrollment	223
Student to teacher ratio	6:1
Campus	500 acres (200 ha)
Website	http://www.putneyschool.org/

The Putney School is an independent high school in Putney, Vermont. It was founded in 1935 by Carmelita Hinton. It is a co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school, with a day-student component, located 12 miles (19 km) outside of Brattleboro, Vermont. Emily Jones is the director. The school enrolls approximately 225 students on a 500 acres (2.0 km²)-hilltop campus with classrooms, dormitories, and a dairy farm on which all of its students work before graduating.

The school emphasizes academics, a work program, the arts, and physical activity. The school's curriculum is intended to teach the value of labor, art, community, ethics, and scholarship for individual growth.

Most of the buildings on the school's campus were partially or completely built by Putney students and faculty, with the exception of the most recent additions, the Michael S. Currier Center and the Field House. This Currier Center is a departure from Putney's customary white, colonial-style architecture, instead using stone and concrete walls in an angular design. It is used for dance, music, movie-making and visual-art presentations. The Field House, which opened in October 2009, was designed as a "net zero energy building", which means that it is expected that its net use of carbon energy over a year will equal zero. It does so by innovative design and construction features plus a field of solar panels. The Boston Globe wrote: "The school's combination of a New England work ethic and a strong academic program, its pioneering of coeducation and community service and its emphasis on music and the arts have made it a model for other independent schools...Putney remains committed to the total community of work and schooling that goes far beyond the more limited pieces of its tradition adopted by other schools."^[1]

Then-Director Brian Morgan addresses the graduating Class of 2004.

The school is a member of the Independent Curriculum Group and in 2009 had a 10 year accreditation review by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Notable alumni[link]

According to The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory, students at The Putney School have included:

• David Amram '48 composer^[2]
• Tim Asch '51 anthropologist, filmmaker
• Carlos Buhler '72 mountaineer
• Sam Amidon '99 Musician
• Dave Cole '96 sculptor
• Carlton Cuse '77 television writer/executive- "LOST"
• Tim Daly '74 actor
• Barnaby Dorfman '86 inventor, technology products
• Mahdi ElMandjra '50 Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist
• Kai T. Erikson '49 sociologist
• David Griffiths '60 physicist, teacher
• Andrea Gruber soprano
• Lee Hirsch '90 filmmaker
• Joan Hinton '39 atomic physicist, farmer in China
• Jeffrey Hollender '73 CEO Seventh Generation Inc.
• Reid Hoffman '85 web entrepreneur, co-founder of LinkedIn
• Felicity Huffman '81 actor
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend '69 Lieutenant Governor, Maryland
• Kerry Kennedy '77 lawyer and human rights activist
• Bill Koch '73 Olympic cross-country skiing medalist
• Tea Leoni (Pantaleoni) '84 actor
• Christopher Lehmann-Haupt journalist, critic, novelist
• J. Anthony Lukas '51 Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author
• Sally Mann '69 fine-art photographer
• Joanna Miles '58 original cast member on All My Children
• Adrian Morris painter
• Errol Morris '65 filmmaker
• Nell Newman '78 co-founder/owner, Newman's Own
• Heather Nova '83 musician and songwriter
• Ken Olin '72 actor, director and TV producer
• Jonathan Piel science journalist, past editor of Scientific American
• Noel Rockmore '47 painter, portraitist
• Jonathan Rosenbaum '61 film critic
• Jonathan Schell '61 author
• Wallace Shawn '61 actor, playwright
• Lucy Shelton '61 soprano
• Alexis Stewart '83 television host, daughter of Martha Stewart

Notable teachers[link]

• Fernando Gerassi (artist)
• John H. Caldwell (Nordic skier & Olympic coach)

Footnotes[link]

1. ^ Cohen, Muriel. "Putney - A Vermont School that Dared and Succeeded." The Boston Globe January 1, 1995: p. A42.
2. ^ The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory University Publishing Corporation (Bloomington, Indiana) 2008: p.2.

External references[link]

Bibliography[link]

• Cohen, Muriel. "Putney - A Vermont School that Dared and Succeeded." The Boston Globe January 1, 1995: p. A42.
• The Putney School 2008 Alumni Directory University Publishing Corporation (Bloomington, Indiana) 2008: p. 2.
• Lloyd, Susan McIntosh. The Putney School: A Progressive Experiment. Yale University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-300-03742-2.
• "Carmelita Chase Hinton and the Putney School." In Founding Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era, ed. Alan R. Sadovnik and Susan F. Semel. Palgrave, 2002. ISBN 0-312-29502-2.

External links[link]

• Putney School web site
• Putney School mission statement
• Putney School Admissions Video on SchoolFair.tv
• Independent Curriculum Group web site
• Accreditation report from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Coordinates: 42°59′16″N 72°33′17″W / 42.987791°N 72.554826°W / 42.987791; -72.554826

Coordinates: 51°27′54″N 0°13′16″W / 51.4649°N 0.2211°W / 51.4649; -0.2211

Putney
Putney  Putney shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ235755
London borough	Wandsworth
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	SW15
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
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EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Putney
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Putney is a district in south-west London, England, located in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated 5.1 miles (8.2 km) south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.^[1]

And thus we take leave of Putney, one of the pleasantest of the London suburbs, as well as the most accessible. The immense increase in the number of houses in late years testifies to its popularity; but there is still an almost unlimited extent of open ground which cannot be covered; and with wood and water, common and hill, there will always be an element of freshness and openness in Putney seldom to be obtained so near London.

—J. C. Geikie, The Fascinations of London, 1903^[2]

History[link]

Putney was an ancient parish in the Brixton hundred of the county of Surrey.^[3] In 1855 the parish was included in the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works and was grouped into the Wandsworth District. In 1889 the area was removed from Surrey and became part of the County of London. The Wandsworth District became the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth in 1900. Since 1965 Putney has formed part of the London Borough of Wandsworth in Greater London.

River crossing[link]

Putney appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Putelei. It was noted that it was not a manor, but obtained 20 shillings from the ferry or market toll at Putney belonging to Mortlake.^[4]

The ferry was mentioned in the household accounts of Edward I (1272–1307): Robert the Ferryman of Putney and other sailors received 3/6d for carrying a great part of the royal family across the Thames and also for taking the king and his family to Westminster.

One famous crossing at Putney was that of Cardinal Wolsey in 1529 upon his 'disgrace' in falling out of favour with Henry VIII and on ceasing to be the holder of the Great Seal of England. As he was riding up Putney Hill he was overtaken by one of the royal chamberlains who presented him with a ring as a token of the continuance of his majesty's favour. When the Cardinal had heard these good words of the king, he quickly lighted from his mule and kneeled down in the dirt upon both knees, holding up his hands for joy, and said "When I consider the joyful news that you have brought to me, I could do no less than greatly rejoice. Every word pierces so my heart, that the sudden joy surmounted my memory, having no regard or respect to the place; but I thought it my duty, that in the same place where I received this comfort, to laud and praise God upon my knees, and most humbly to render unto my sovereign lord my most hearty thanks for the same."^[5]

The first bridge of any kind between the two parishes of Fulham and Putney was built during the Civil War: after the Battle of Brentford in 1642, the Parliamentary forces built a bridge of boats between Fulham and Putney. According to an account from the period:

The Lord General hath caused a bridge to be built upon barges and lighters over the Thames between Fulham and Putney, to convey his army and artillery over into Surrey, to follow the king's forces; and he hath ordered that forts shall be erected at each end thereof to guard it; but for the present the seamen, with long boats and shallops full of ordnance and musketeers, lie there upon the river to secure it.^[6]

The first permanent bridge between Fulham and Putney was completed in 1729, and was the second bridge to be built across the Thames in London (after London Bridge).

One story runs that "in 1720 Sir Robert Walpole was returning from seeing George I at Kingston and being in a hurry to get to the House of Commons rode together with his servant to Putney to take the ferry across to Fulham. The ferry boat was on the opposite side, however and the waterman, who was drinking in the Swan, ignored the calls of Sir Robert and his servant and they were obliged to take another route. Walpole vowed that a bridge would replace the ferry."^[7]

The Prince of Wales apparently "was often inconvenienced by the ferry when returning from hunting in Richmond park and asked Walpole to use his influence by supporting the bridge."^[7]

The bridge was a wooden structure and lasted for 150 years, when in 1886 it was replaced by the stone bridge that stands today.

St. Mary's Church[link]

The parish church of St Mary The Virgin was the site of the 1647 Putney Debates. Towards the end of the English Civil War, with the Roundheads looking victorious, Oliver Cromwell soldiers' held a minor mutiny, amid fears that a monarchy would be replaced by a new dictatorship. A number, known as the Levellers complained "We were not a mere mercenary army hired to serve any arbitrary power of a state, but called forth … to the defence of the people's just right and liberties". A manifesto was proposed entitled the Agreement of the People and at an open meeting in Putney, the officers of the Army Council heard the argument from private soldiers for a transparent, democratic state, without corruption. This included sovereignty for English citizens, Parliamentary seats distributed according to population rather than property ownership, religion made a free choice, equality before the law, conscription abolished and parliamentary elections held every year. While greatly influential, including inspiring much of the language of the United States Declaration of Independence, Oliver Cromwell would later have the Leveller leaders executed.

The famous diarist Samuel Pepys visited St. Mary's Church on several occasions. During one visit on 28 April 1667, he recorded,

"and then back to Putney Church, where I saw the girls of the schools, few of which pretty; and there I come into a pew, and met with little James Pierce, which I was much pleased at, the little rogue being very glad to see me: his master, Reader to the Church. Here was a good sermon and much company, but I sleepy, and a little out of order, for my hat falling down through a hole underneath the pulpit, which, however, after sermon, by a stick, and the help of the clerke, I got up again, and then walked out of the church."^[8]

Open spaces and clean air[link]

For centuries, Putney was a place where Londoners came for leisure, to enjoy the open spaces and clean air. Londoners came to Putney to play games. According to John Locke, who writes, in 1679: "The sports of England for a curious stranger to see are horse-racing, hawking, hunting, and bowling; at Putney he may see several persons of quality bowling two or three times a week."

One regular visitor was Queen Elizabeth I who frequently visited Putney from 1579–1603, often visiting Mr John Lacy. She was said to "honour Lacy with her company more frequently than any of her subjects", often staying for two to three days.^[5]

Putney Heath[link]

Charles II reviewed his forces on Putney Heath in 1684; in May, 1767, George III reviewed the Guards, and the Surrey Volunteers at the same spot in 1799.^[9] According to Samuel Pepys, Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York used to run horses here.

A stone and brick obelisk was erected on Putney Heath in 1770, marking the 110th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, to coincide with the invention of the Hartley fire plates by David Hartley (the Younger), near a spot where his fireproof house was built. The obelisk, with ornately detailed foundation stone, is still standing and can be accessed via the car park adjacent to The Telegraph public house, off Wildcroft Road, SW15. The lower part of this house was repeatedly set on fire in the presence, among others, of George III and Queen Charlotte, the members of Parliament, the Lord Mayor, and the Aldermen.^[10] Since 1955 the obelisk has been a Grade II listed building.^[11] The adjacent Wildcroft Manor was formerly in the ownership of publishing magnate George Newnes, builder of Putney library. In 1895 he was created a baronet "of Wildcroft, in the parish of Putney, in the county of London.^[12]

Many duels were undertaken on Putney Heath. In May, 1652, George, the third Lord Chandos, and Colonel Henry Compton fought with Compton being killed in the encounter. On a Sunday afternoon in May, 1798 William Pitt, the then Prime Minister, who lived in Bowling-Green House on the heath, fought a bloodless battle with William Tierney, MP. The house derived its name from the bowling-green formerly attached to it, and for more than sixty years (1690-1750) was the most famous green in the neighbourhood of London. The house had large rooms for public breakfasts and assemblies, was a fashionable place of entertainment, and noted for "deep play." Pitt died in the house in 1806. It was later owned by Henry Lewis Doulton, son of Henry Doulton of pottery fame. It was demolished and an art deco style residence rebuilt on the site in 1933. Putney Heath, near the Telegraph pub, was also the venue for the September 1809 duel between Cabinet ministers George Canning and Lord Castlereagh.^[13]

Scio House was the last villa on Portsmouth Road abutting the heath. It was built and owned by Eustratios Stephanos Ralli, a founder of the Baltic Exchange and a member of the most successful Greek émigré merchant families, the Ralli Brothers of the mid-19th century. Their firm employed more than 40,000 people. They were quick to seize new opportunities created by wars, political events, and the opening of new markets, such as corn, cotton, silk, opium and fruit. Scio House was named after the family's birthplace, the Greek city and island of Chios. In 1868, Mary Ann Chadwell described driving "with Mrs Peter Ralli's children to Putney to see the grounds of Mrs E. Ralli. Beautiful views over Wimbledon Common."^[14] The mansion eventually became a hospital and was known as Scio House Hospital for Officers, Putney^[15] and in 1919 a Colonel Hargreaves was residing in Scio.^[16] By 1926 it was known as the British Red Cross Hospital, where serviceman injured in World War I still remained.^[17] Former British governor to Singapore Sir John Fearns Nicoll died at Scio in 1981.^[18] In the mid-1980s,^[19] the site was controversially redeveloped as Lynden Gate, a gated community of 70 neo-Georgian homes divided between two streets.^[20] Opposition to the planned demolition of Scio House was raised in the House of Lords in 1982 by Lord Jenkins.^[21]

Putney Heath is around 400 acres in size and sits at approximately 150 feet above sea level. Because of its elevation, from 1796 to 1816 Putney Heath hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain, which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in Portsmouth. One of 10 signal stations with telescopes making observation of the next station's signal, a message could be sent from the Admiralty to Portsmouth within 15 minutes.^[22] This was replaced by a semaphore station, which was part of a semaphore line that operated between 1822 and 1847.^[23]

Putney Heath was for many years a noted rendezvous for highwaymen. In 1795, the notorious highwayman Jeremiah Abershaw - also known as Jerry Avershaw - was caught in the Green Man pub (now owned by Wandsworth brewery Young's,^[24]) on the northside of the heath where Putney Hill meets Tibbet's Ride. After execution his body was hung in chains on the heath as a warning to others.^[25] An ancient wood fence cattle pound is located opposite the Green Man, adjacent to two huge plane trees, near the bus terminus. This simple wood fence structure, used historically to contain lost livestock, has been listed as a Grade II listed structure since 1983.^[26]

A number of fine homes lined Putney Hill and the north face of the heath, west of the Green Man. All had semi-circular carriageway entrances and exits.^[27] These included Grantham House, the residence of Lady Grantham; Ripon House, Ashburton House; Exeter House, occupied by the second Marquis of Exeter. George Cockayne, author of peerage and baronetage publications, died at Exeter House in 1911.^[28] Nearby Gifford House was owned by the J. D. Charrington of brewing fame; and Dover House, was the seat originally of Lord Dover, afterwards of Lord Clifden. It was owned at the turn of the 20th century by the famous US financier JP Morgan.^[29]

With the development of transport routes for the growing financial sector, the area became highly desirable for City gents in the 1890s and they were initially known as "outsiders".^[30] In 1900, social researcher Charles Booth had classified the whole area of Putney Hill and West Hill, leading into Putney Heath, as wealthy or well-to-do. Despite a full array of places of worship, he said it was noted for low church attendance with all denominations "struggling for the souls of pleasure-seeking Putney... the middle class here are as indifferent as the poor elsewhere."^[27]

The village green at the corner of Wildcroft and Telegraph roads is used by Roehampton Cricket Club and is one of the oldest cricket teams in London, being established in 1842. The club has played there continuously since 1859 when lord of the manor, Earl Spencer, suggested it as a new site.^[31] It has two sides in the highly competitive Fullers Surrey County League and a Sunday side that plays on a more social level. In 1900, a decade after the death of his multimillionaire father Junius Morgan, JP Morgan had already gained a fondness for the sport and was made an honorary member.^[32] Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who presided at the club dinner in 1910, allowed his two young children - Raymond and Cecily^[33] - to play cowboys and Indians on the cricket green during the week. This groundkeeper's transgression was later believed to have been a privilege of him being an honorary member.^[34]

The Chelsea Water Company originally owned the reservoir site and allowed construction of the club pavilion on its property.^[35] The reservoir site is now owned by Thames Water. Cricket matches continued during the war although some games started late or were drawn due to late starts or air raid sirens. Four German V-1 flying bombs struck the area in World War II.^[22] One destroyed the club's pavilion, opposite the Telegraph pub, in July, 1944, near where the covered water reservoir is located. Wildcroft Road, turning into Portsmouth Road and thus the future A3, was a main thoroughfare into SW London and became a stop-off point for American serviceman who alighted from their jeeps to "taste this crazy cricket game"^[36]

On the south side of the reservoir, in the triangle of land between Wildcroft Road, Tibbet's Ride and the Green Man, is a large clearing of land. A funfair is set up on the grounds each October, lasting for one week. Ground rent is paid by the touring company to the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators, as part of the income of the charity.^[37]

Local character[link]

A local directory of Putney in 1932 listed a high proportion of residents as being professional, including doctors and lawyers. The area also was home to significant numbers of retired naval officers.^[38]

In a 2005 New Economics Foundation survey of 27 London high streets, Putney's was deemed the fifth most "cloned", offering identikit shopping with little local character.^[39]

Panoramic view of east Putney, with a District Line train and many central London landmarks and the City skyline visible in the distance to the right.

Panoramic view of east Putney, with a District Line train and many central London landmarks and the City skyline visible in the distance to the right.

Politics[link]

The Member of Parliament for Putney is Justine Greening.

Rowing and the Boat Race[link]

Putney Bridge at night

Since the second half of the 19th century, Putney has been one of the most significant centres for rowing in the United Kingdom. There were two historic reasons for this.

First, increasing numbers of steam-powered boats (not to mention the growing levels of sewage being discharged into the river) made leisure rowing on the Thames in central London unpleasant if not impossible. There was much less commercial traffic on the river at Putney (partly because the many buttresses of the original Putney Bridge restricted the transit of large river boats) ensuring more suitable water for rowing. The river was also cleaner at Putney.

Secondly, the construction of the London and South Western Railway from Waterloo Station to Putney and the Metropolitan District Railway to Putney Bridge allowed easy commuting.

Putney Bridge

More than twenty rowing clubs are based on the Thames at Putney Embankment; among the largest are London Rowing Club, Thames Rowing Club, Imperial College Boat Club and Vesta Rowing Club. Leander Club owned a boathouse in Putney from 1867 to 1961. The Putney clubs have produced a plethora of Olympic medallists and Henley winners. Putney Town Rowing Club, although retaining Putney's name, has now moved to Kew.

The University Boat Race, first contested in 1829 in Henley-on-Thames, has had Putney as its starting point since 1845. Since 1856, it has been an annual event, beginning at the University Stone, just upstream from Putney Bridge.

Several other important rowing races over the Championship Course also either start or finish at the stone, notably the Head of the River Race.

Notable residents[link]

• J. R. Ackerley, author and literary editor of The Listener lived at Star and Garter Mansions from 1941 until his death in 1967
• Tony Adams, former Arsenal and England football captain, lived here post-rehab
• Gerry Anderson and Jim Henson, television puppeteers, at different times leased the same workshop (now demolished) in Rotherwood Road, Putney
• Jamie Archer, an X-Factor (series 6) finalist^[40]
• Clement Attlee, who served as Labour Party leader from 1935 to 1955 (from 1945 to 1951 as prime minister) was born at Putney in 1883.^[41]
• Edvard Beneš, second President of Czechoslovakia, lived in Gwendolen Avenue during his exile in London from October 1938 to the end of World War II
• Marc Bolan, singer and leader of the band T.Rex lived at 6 Schubert Road, Putney and died in a car crash in Queens Ride, Barnes on the border of Putney
• Peter Bonetti, Chelsea and Dundee United footballer, was born in Putney
• Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur
• Peter Brett, American writer
• Anna Calvi, singer and songwriter
• Rosa Nouchette Carey, writer of children's novels, died at her home in Keswick Road, Putney in 1909.^[42]
• Christopher Chope, Member of Parliament for Christchurch, was born in Putney
• Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Liberal Democrats
• Thomas Cromwell, chief minister for Henry VIII and architect of the English Reformation, was born in Putney around 1485
• Sir Tom Courtenay, actor, films include Flood and The Golden Compass
• John Deacon, former bass guitarist of Queen, lives in west Putney.
• Jason Flemyng, actor, born in Putney
• E. M. Forster, author, lived at 22 Werter Road, Putney
• Henry Fuseli, Swiss-born British artist, professor of painting and keeper of the Royal Academy^[43]
• Constance Garnett, translator of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, Crime and Punishment, and other Russian literature
• Edward Gibbon, historian, born in Putney, and gave his name to the local telephone exchange
• Countess of Guildford, resident of Putney Hill, 1825^[43]
• Kenelm Lee Guinness, racing driver, started the KLG spark plug factory in Putney and lived in Kingston Hill
• Penny Irving, actress (The Benny Hill Show, Carry On, Are You Being Served?)
• Leon Jackson, Scottish singer and winner of The X Factor in 2007
• Robin Knox-Johnston, yachtsman, born in Putney
• Simon Le Bon, lead singer of pop group Duran Duran, lives on Upper Richmond Road in West Putney with his wife, Yasmin
• Laurie Lee, author, lived and worked as a building labourer in Putney during the 1930s
• Commander Charles Lightoller, the most senior officer to survive the Titanic disaster, lived at 60A Upper Richmond Road^[38]
• David Luiz, Chelsea F.C. and Brazilian international footballer
• James Macpherson, translator and author of the Ossian Poems
• David McKee, creator of Mr Benn the popular UK television programme for children, first broadcast on BBC1 in the early 1970s. Mr Benn lives in London at 52 Festive Road; David McKee used to live "next door" at 54 Festing Road, where current residents have come together to install an engraved paving slab in his honor. ("I think it was because in the first book I drew myself looking out of the window, and I thought it would be quite nice to have him next door," said McKee.).^[44]
• Bobby Moore, England football world cup winning hero, lived in Putney in his later years
• JP Morgan, US financier, lived in Dover House, Putney Heath
• George Newnes, publishing magnate, lived at Putney Heath
• Lawrence Oates, who uttered the most famous of famous last words ("I am just going outside and may be some time.") on the 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition, born and grew up in Putney
• William Pitt the Younger, former Prime Minister, lived and died in Bowling-Green House at Putney Heath^[45]
• Justin Rose, golfer, has a flat in Putney.^[46]
• Sir Ronald Ross, discoverer of malaria transmission by mosquitoes, lived and died at Bath House, Putney Hill.^[47]
• Sinitta, singer and actress
• Sir Oswald Stoll, Australian-born British theatre and film magnate, 33 Putney Hill^[38]
• Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet and Nobel prize nominee, lived and died at The Pines, at the foot of Putney Hill^[48]
• Emile Heskey, English footballer, currently plays for Aston Villa F.C.
• Daley Thompson, former decathlete
• Alan Thornhill, sculptor whose nine large works form the permanent Putney Sculpture Trail along the Thames
• Theodore Watts-Dunton, who looked after Swinburne
• Nigel Williams, author
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, author of Frankenstein, lived in Putney at Layton House in 1839, and White House in 1843
• Leonard Woolf, husband of Virginia Woolf, grew up in Putney
• Fernando Torres, Spanish footballer, plays for Chelsea F.C.
• Lazee, A Swedish rapper, lived in Putney when he was a teenager
• Taio Cruz, UK RnB singer
• Stefan Abingdon, of the band The Midnight Beast
• Ashley Horne, of the band The Midnight Beast

Putney Sculpture Trail[link]

Alan Thornhill lived and worked in Putney for many years and his studio still remains. The sculpture Load^[49] was presented to Putney^[50] on Fools Day and occupies a permanent position near the south west end of Putney Bridge on Lower Richmond Road. A film, launched at Appledore^[51] and Chichester Film Festivals in 2008 documents these celebrations. The acquisition of 8 further large works formed a permanent new riverside Putney Sculpture Trail in London's Borough of Wandsworth, officially unveiled in September 2008.

Historic links to sculpture and sculptors[link]

Sir Jacob Epstein was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery on 24 August 1959.^[52]

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska had a studio in Putney in the last year of his life after moving from 454a Fulham Road. Sydney Schiff went to visit Gaudier there in 1914 to purchase the 'Dancer' which was later presented to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Gaudier-Brzeska was killed in France in June 1915.^[53]

Nearest places[link]

• Fulham
• Wandsworth
• Roehampton
• Barnes
• East Sheen
• Southfields
• Wimbledon Common
• Wimbledon
• Putney Vale

Transport[link]

Putney Railway Station's four platforms as viewed from the east

Putney is serviced by mainline trains to Waterloo Station from Putney Station and by London Underground from East Putney. The far west of Putney is also served by Barnes Station, a few hundred yards across the boundary in Barnes, while Putney Bridge tube station is across the river in Fulham. Services to Waterloo are every 5 to 10 minutes making it a popular location for professionals commuting into central London.

Train journey times are between 14 and 19 minutes depending on the number of stops and time of day. Trains are especially crowded at peak times (especially in the morning rush hour between 7.45am and 9am, where in some cases the train is full before all passengers can board). The last train from Waterloo to Putney is at 00.18 hrs.

Putney is served by bus routes 14, 22, 37, 39, 74, 85, 93, 220, 265, 270, 337, 424 mon-sat, 430 and 485 mon-sat and night buses 14, N22, 37, N74, 85, 93. The 14 transports revellers from the West End every 5–10 minutes, with a journey time of approximately 45 minutes.

Nearest tube stations[link]

• East Putney tube station
• Putney Bridge tube station

Nearest railway station[link]

• Putney railway station
• Barnes railway station

Nearest places[link]

Destinations from Putney

	Hammersmith	Fulham	Fulham
	Barnes		Wandsworth
		Putney    East
	Roehampton, Putney Vale	Wimbledon Common, Southfields	Earlsfield

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Putney

• Putney Pier
• Putney SW15 website
• The Putney Society
• The Labour Party's Putney pages
• The Conservative Party's Putney pages
• The Liberal Democrat Party's Putney pages
• Rotary Club of Putney
• Rotaract Club of Putney
• Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney, by Geraldine Edith Mitton and John Cunningham Geikie, 1903, from Project Gutenberg
• Putney BSAC Scuba Diving Club
• Roehampton Cricket Club

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Tim Eriksen
Tim Eriksen performing at the Iron Horse, Northampton, MA, Feb 29, 2008
Background information
Origin	Northampton, Massachusetts
Genres	Traditional Folk, Punk rock
Occupations	Musicologist, Professor
Instruments	Violin, Banjo, Guitar, Vocalist, Bass Guitar, Saraswati veena Bajo Sexto
Years active	1987-Present
Associated acts	Cordelia's Dad

Tim Eriksen is an American musician, musicologist, and professor. He is the leader of the band Cordelia's Dad, a solo artist, and was a performer and consultant for the award-winning soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.^[1][2][3]

Cordelia's Dad[link]

Cordelia's Dad combines old-time music and punk rock influences to create a unique sound. The Village Voice describes the band as "semi-reformed punks turned shape-note singers...recently gone entirely acoustic, but buzzing with metaphorical electricity".^[4] The band has released nine full length albums, played festivals such as The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer.^[4]

Musicologist[link]

Eriksen is a Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, having received an M.A. in the same discipline from Wesleyan in 1993, and has served as a visiting music professor at Dartmouth College, Amherst College, Hampshire College and the University of Minnesota.^[5] He has also taught in Poland and The Czech Republic.^[1] Additionally, Eriksen is a collector of variations of folk songs, and has conducted extensive research on traditional Yugoslavian music.^[2][6] Eriksen shared his extensive knowledge of folk music while a consultant for the soundtrack of the film Cold Mountain.^[1][2] Eriksen is currently teaching a class on the history of The Sacred Harp at Smith College. ^[7]

Solo artist[link]

Eriksen performed on the Cold Mountain soundtrack, singing with Riley Baugus on traditional songs such as "I Wish My Baby Was Born" and "The Cuckoo".^[8] He was part of The Great High Mountain Tour, which celebrated the traditional music of Cold Mountain and O Brother, Where Art Thou?^[9]

T-Bone Burnett, the producer of the Cold Mountain soundtrack, had Eriksen teach performers the complex style of Sacred Harp singing.^[10]

Eriksen has also released four solo albums, Tim Eriksen, Every Sound Below, Northern Roots Live In Namest, and Soul Of The January Hills. Pop Matters review of Every Sound Below describes it as a "stunning mixture of traditional hymns, songs from the American Civil War, and Eriksen’s own compositions".^[8]

The Sacred Harp documentary Awake, My Soul's accompanying soundtrack Help Me to Sing: Songs of the Sacred Harp features a song by Eriksen and one by Cordelia's Dad. Paste Magazine describes Eriksen's performance of sacred harp songs at an Atlanta concert as "stand-out" and said Eriksen "was best at adapting the raw power of sacred harp to his own arrangements.^[1]

Eriksen has also been a guest on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion, where he performed the traditional folk song "O, Death".^[11] He also played Bosnian Pop music with the band Zabe I Babe.^[10]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• MySpace page

Emily Catherine Jones
Emily Jones reporting for the sidelines at Jones AT&T Stadium in 2008
Born	Plainview, Texas, US
Occupation	Sportscaster

Emily Jones McCoy (born in Plainview, Texas) is a television anchor and reporter for FSN.^[1][2]

Education[link]

Jones graduated from Texas Tech University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism.^[3]

Broadcasting career[link]

A resident of Dallas, Texas, she covers Big 12 football and does sideline reporting and live pre- and postgame shows for the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs, Houston Rockets, Texas Rangers, and Houston Astros.^[2] In January 2007, Jones became host of the show Big 12 Showcase when Bill Land departed to become FSN Southwest's play-by-play announcer for the San Antonio Spurs.^[4] Additionally, she played a television reporter in the sixth episode of season four of Friday Night Lights.^[1]

Personal life[link]

Emily Catherine Jones^[5] is married to Fort Worth, Texas, mortgage broker and TCU graduate Mike McCoy.^[1] Jones legally changed her name to Emily Jones McCoy incorporating her maiden name Jones in place of Catherine.

References[link]

Jonathan Lash (born 1945) is the president of Hampshire College and member of the Board of Directors of the World Resources Institute where he served as president from 1993-2011.^[1]

Biography[link]

Jonathan Lash received an A.B. from Harvard College and a law degree and master’s degrees from The Catholic University of America.

A former Peace Corps volunteer and federal prosecutor, Lash worked as a senior staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) from 1978 to 1985, litigating and lobbying on issues related to pollution control, federal coal leasing, strip mining, and energy conservation.

From 1987 to 1990, Lash headed the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, having served the previous two years as Vermont’s Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. During his tenure in Vermont government, Lash helped write, win enactment of and implement innovative statutes on issues ranging from pollution prevention and solid waste management to protection of pristine streams. In 1990 he became director of the Environmental Law Center at the Vermont Law School, rated the best program of its kind in the United States.

In 1993, he became President of the World Resources Institute. From 1993 to 1999, Lash was co-chair of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, a group of government, business, labor, civil rights, and environmental leaders appointed by Bill Clinton that developed visionary recommendations for strategies to promote sustainable development. He played a key role in the creation and success of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which in 2007 issued the highly influential "Call to Action" on global warming.^[2]

Bibliography[link]

• A Season of Spoils: The Reagan Administration's Attack on the Environment, by Jonathan Lash, David Sheridan, and Katherine Gillman, New York: Pantheon Books, 1984.

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