Although only 15, Jack Ralph Blanchfield, of Raynes Park, London, has matriculated with honours in all the subjects for which he sat for examination. John, only son of Mr Stanley Blanchfield, an architect, won the Merton foundation scholarship before he was 10. He is a pupil of the Rutlish Secondary School at Merton. Here's keenly interested in chemistry. Photo shows Jack Blanchfield making a chemical experiment outside his laboratory in the garden of his home. 17 October 1938