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Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. [ 1] Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. [ 2] Up to 1667, the school remained in comparative obscurity.
William Wyamar Vaughan. Categories: Heads of schools in England. People from Rugby, Warwickshire. Rugby School. Schoolteachers from Warwickshire.
Thomas Arnold. 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.
Alex Grove, rugby player for Worcester Warriors and Scotland national rugby union team; A. G. Guillemard, rugby union international who represented England in the first international rugby match in 1871 and later president of the Rugby Football Union. Thomas Hale (1829–1899), first-class cricketer; Octavius Hanbury (1826–1882), first-class ...
Malvern College is a fee-charging coeducational boarding and day school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. [3] It is a public school in the British sense of the term and is a member of the Rugby Group and of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Since its foundation in 1865, [4] [5] it has remained on the same grounds, which are ...
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 ...
John Percival (27 September 1834 – 3 December 1918) was the first headmaster of Clifton College, where he made his reputation as a great educator. In his 17 years at Clifton numbers rose to 680. He accepted the presidency of Trinity College, Oxford, to recover from his years at Clifton. It was from Trinity that he went to Rugby to become ...
The Anti-Assassins Rugby Club (A-As) was founded in 1950 when Sedbergh Old Boys were invited to pick a Northern team to play against the masters and Old Boys (The Assassins) of Sedbergh School. Now this invitational team plays as SpoonAAs (Spoon Anti-Assassins) as it raises funds for the Wooden Spoon charity.