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Burnham|ˈbɜːnəm|
The name of Harry Lawson Webster Levy-Lawson, first Viscount Burnham (1862–1933), who was chairman of the Standing Joint Committee of Education Authorities and Teachers, set up on the 12th Sept. 1919; hence applied to the scale of salaries, etc., recommended by this committee and periodically revised.
1920Jrnl. Education Jan. 18 The notable modesty of the proposals of the Burnham Committee on Salaries. 1921Ibid. July 426 The Burnham scale of salaries. 1923Daily Mail 7 June 7 The National Union of Teachers..at South Shields is demanding the Burnham scale 3 in place of the lower scale paid by the local education committee. 1945Educ. Syst. Eng. & W. (H.M.S.O.) 57 Burnham scales, scales of salaries payable to all teachers in publicly maintained schools and institutions. So called because they are fixed by the Burnham committees, consisting of representatives of L.E.A.s and teachers. |