LITTLEJOHN, WILLIAM STILL (1859-1933) was born in Aberdeenshire, and educated at the Grammar School there and the University (M.A.). After serving as assistant at the Melrose boarding school, he came to New Zealand (1881) as mathematics and science master at Nelson College. On the resignation of J. W. Joynt he was appointed headmaster (1898), a position he held for only five years, though with distinction. A fine cricketer and football coach and referee, he was keen on all forms of sport and was president of the Nelson Rugby Union. He brought the College cadet corps to a state of high efficiency, and was a captain and adjutant of the Nelson volunteers and major in the infantry battalion. In 1904 he was appointed principal of Scotch College in Melbourne, where again his inspiring enthusiasm had a marked influence upon the development of the school. He was also a member of the council of Melbourne University. In 1929 he received from Aberdeen University the honorary degree of doctor of laws. Littlejohn died on 8 Oct 1933.

Nelson Coll. O.B. Reg.; Who's Who in Australia; Evening Post and The Dominion, 9 Oct 1933.

Reference: Volume 1, page 267

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