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Pages in category "Head Masters of Rugby School" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
From 1931 to 1948 he was headmaster of Rugby School. He was mentor and friend to one of his pupils, John Gillespie Magee, Jr., who later wrote the famous poem "High Flight". Magee also fell in love with Lyon's daughter Elinor. After serving as headmaster, Lyon opened the Public Schools Appointment Bureau to find jobs for ex-public school boys.
Rugby School was founded in 1567 as a provision in the will of Lawrence Sheriff, who had made his fortune supplying groceries to Queen Elizabeth I of England. [6] In the last few months of his life, Sheriff had drawn up a will which stipulated that his fortune should be used to found almshouses and a free grammar school "to serve chiefly for the children of Rugby and Brownsover... and next for ...
In 1862, Percival was appointed the first headmaster of Clifton College in Bristol, on Temple's recommendation. Percival made this new school into a leading public school and he was also involved with other educational work in the city, helping to found Clifton High School for Girls (established in 1877). [1] and University College, Bristol (1876).
Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools.
Oct. 29—Illinois and Kansas played in a "secret" scrimmage last October on the Lindenwood campus in St. Charles, Mo. The plan was to do it again this season. Then Brad Underwood and Bill Self ...
There have been many Old Rossallians who have become headmasters at public schools since its foundation in 1844, including Winchester College, Charterhouse School, Rugby School, Merchant Taylor's, Marlborough College, Cheltenham College, Dragon School, Wellington College, Harrow School, Malvern College, Dulwich College, Sevenoaks School and ...
The final four for each high school football class will be played on Friday. See the schedule and results from each game of the sub-state round here. Kansas high school football playoff scores ...