HIGHTON, ALFRED HENRY (1858-1915) was educated at Marlborough College, England, under Dean Farrar. He went to Cambridge in 1875 (St John's College), and graduated M.A. in 1878. He was then selected out of many applicants for the post of classical master and lecturer in science at St Peter's College, Adelaide. A few years later he was appointed mathematics and natural science master at the Auckland Grammar School, and in 1886 headmaster of the Southland Boys and Girls' High School. He established the chemical laboratory there and took a great interest in athletics, but he was reserved and rather feared by his pupils. Resigning in 1898, he took over a milk condensing factory at Underwood. This was not a success, but he afterwards had a prosperous dairy business in Gippsland, Victoria. He died in Melbourne on 27 May 1915.

Southland B.H.S. Reg.; The Argus (Melbourne), 28 May 1915.

Reference: Volume 1, page 211

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