Mary Margaret Kennedy lately principal teacher of chemistry, Holyrood Secondary School (Glasgow) - For services to Education in Glasgow.

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Mr Lancaster moved to Cambridgeshire in the 1960s to take the post of chaplain and chemistry teacher at Kimbolton School.

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Before he was unexpectedly chosen to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Yar'Adua, a former chemistry teacher, was a little-known governor of the remote northern state of Katsina.

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Children tend to opt for subjects which offer a better chance of high grades, says one chemistry teacher, who asked not to be named.

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His chemistry teacher at school was understanding, allowing him to lark around with apparatus, just within the limit of danger and expulsion, at the back of the class.

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