Gill College

Gill College
Address
College Rd Somerset East , Eastern Cape South Africa
Coordinates	32°43′15.4″S 25°35′18.5″E / 32.720944°S 25.588472°E / -32.720944; 25.588472
Information
Motto	Sursum Prorsusque
Established	1869; 155 years ago (1869)
Grades	8–12
Gender	Co-educational
Accreditation	Eastern Cape Education Department

Gill College is a South African high school in Somerset East, Sarah Baartman District Municipality. It was founded in 1869 as a university.

The school's namesake, Dr. William Gill, died in 1863 and left an estate equivalent to £23,000 (equivalent to £2,341,263 in 2021) for the establishment of a college of higher education. Dr Gill nominated seven men to form Gill College Corporation. Included in the seven was James Leonard who was a prominent lawyer, another Dr Langham Dale. The corporation set about building the college.^[1] Gill College was officially opened on March 18, 1869.^[2] The architecture was based on that of the University of Glasgow.

In 1903, a change in educational regulations caused Gill College to become a high school. The high school was coeducational before 1928 and again after 1965; between those dates it was a boys' school.

Notable alumni

• Michael du Plessis, former South African rugby union player
• Willie du Plessis, former South African rugby union player
• James Weston Leonard, former Attorney-General of the Cape Colony
• Hannes Marais, former South African rugby union player
• FA Meiring, former South African rugby union player
• James Rose Innes, former Chief Justice of South Africa

References

External links

• Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110814054231/http://d4512446.u80.securedc.com/E/geskiedenis.html

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