From there, in 1949, he won a scholarship to the Slade in London, where he was taught by Sir William Coldstream.
While a medical student, he was taught by Sir Howard Florey, a pioneer of the use of penicillin, and Hugh remembered the dramatic response of a very sick soldier given a single injection of it.
Over the next decades he taught at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, the University of Rochester, the College of William and Mary and several universities in Georgia, including Emory University.
But he soon left Rutgers to teach at Sir George Williams University in Montreal (since merged into Concordia University).
Even though he was old and I had been taught to say "sir," I did not.
As a boy he was taught boxing by Sir Harry Preston, a pubkeeper & professional fighter.
And, earlier in the season, as part of a cycle of all seven symphonies Rattle has played with the Berliners this year, Sir Simon taught his musicians the Third Symphony.
The PM may have read the great works of every economic theorist in first edition, and few who worked with him deny his intellectual brilliance, but the crisis of the past three years has taught economists everywhere – including Sir Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England – that theory gets you only so far.
Sir John taught that it is crucial to maintain a contrarian discipline in tough investing environments.
Such overseas interest in Mumbai is powering the tornado of talk, suggests Mustansir Dalvi, who teaches at the Sir J.J. College of Architecture.
"I teach Sunday school, sir," Colbert interrupted in high dudgeon, "and Jesus said nothing about Pell grants".
