Oldest teacher (male)

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Who
Father Geoffrey Schneider
What
101, 109 year(s):day(s)
Where
Australia (Milson Point,)
When
11 April 2014

Father Geoffrey Schneider (Australia), born on 23 December 1912, retired from full-time teaching on 11 April 2014, aged 101 years 109 days. He concluded his 74-year career at St Aloysius’ College in Milsons Point, New South Wales, Australia, where he had been teaching Years 3 to 12 (ages 8 to 18).

Father Schneider was ordained on 5 January 1946 and began teaching in 1940. In the last years of his career, he was employed full-time at St Aloysius’ College, a Jesuit boys' school founded in 1879. As an ordained priest, he did not earn a salary but received a monthly allowance for teaching regular classes.