Marling School remembers Joseph Xuereb-Brennan, the Stroud teacher known as “Xerxes”

Marling School in Stroud is remembering Joseph Xuereb-Brennan, an English teacher whose former pupil Daniel Vassall-Adams has written a tribute following his death earlier this year.

Xuereb-Brennan was 88 when he died. Vassall-Adams was taught English at A level by him at Marling, where the teacher was known by the nickname “Xerxes”.

A life remembered by a former pupil

The tribute recalls Xuereb-Brennan’s connection with Marling and the impression he made on pupils during his time teaching at the school. Further details of his life and career were not included in the supplied report.