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Rugby School is a private boarding school for pupils aged 13–18, located in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, within the UK. [ 1 ] Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. [ 2 ]
Rugby School—founded in 1567—was one of the original seven public schools, along with Winchester, founded in 1382; Eton College, founded in 1440; Shrewsbury, founded in 1552; Westminster, founded in 1560; Harrow, founded in 1571; Charterhouse, founded in 1611. [1] [2] Discipline at public schools in the 18th and 19th centuries was poor.
Rugby became a market town in 1255. In 1567, Rugby School was founded as a grammar school for local boys but, by the 18th century, it had gained a national reputation and eventually became a public school. The school is the birthplace of rugby football which, according to legend, was invented in 1823 by a Rugby schoolboy named William Webb ...
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The Blackheath Football Club, in London, founded in 1858 is the oldest surviving non-university/school rugby club. Cheltenham College 1844, Sherborne School 1846 and Durham School 1850 are the oldest documented school's clubs.
Newland Grammar School c. 1445 John Colet: St Paul's School: 1509 Hugh Oldham: Manchester Grammar School: 1515 Thomas Horsley Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1525 William Radcliffe Stamford School: 1532 John Incent: Berkhamsted Collegiate School: 1541 King Henry VIII: Durham School. The King's School, Canterbury King's Ely The King's ...
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.
The Rugby Football Union is founded, following a meeting of 25 clubs at the Pall Mall restaurant. 1871: First recognised international rugby match, played between England and Scotland. 1876: Matthew Bloxam's letter is published in The Meteor. It claims William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, picked up the ball and invented rugby. Although ...