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Rugby School
Motto Orando Laborando
(Latin"By praying, by working")
Established 1567
Type Independent, Boarding school
Religious affiliation Anglican
Headmaster Patrick S J Derham MA
Founder Lawrence Sheriff
Location Rugby
Warwickshire
England Flag of England
Students 831: 337 girls & 494 boys (2006)
Gender Co-educational
Ages 11 to 18
Houses 16
Former Pupils Old Rugbeians
Website www.rugbyschool.net
Coordinates: 52°13′17″N 1°09′17″W / 52.2214, -1.1548

Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Rugby is a Market town in Warwickshire, in the West Midlands of England, on the River Avon. Geography Warwickshire is bounded to the northwest by the West Midlands Metropolitan county and Staffordshire, by Leicestershire to An independent school in the United Kingdom is a school relying upon private sources for all of its funding predominantly in the form of school fees England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers

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History

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. Lawrence Sheriff or Lawrence Sheriffe (c 1510-1567 was an Elizabethan Gentleman and Grocer to Elizabeth I who founded Rugby England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is one of the nine "great" English public schools as defined by the Public Schools Act 1868. The Public Schools Act 1868 was enacted by the British Parliament to reform and regulate nine leading English boys' schools

Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented
Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented

Since Lawrence Sheriff lived in Rugby, the school was intended to be a free grammar school for the boys of that town. Gradually, however, the nature of the school shifted to become fee-paying, and so a new school – Lawrence Sheriff Grammar School – was founded to continue Lawrence Sheriff's original intentions; that school receives a substantial proportion of the endowment income from Lawrence Sheriff's estate every year. Lawrence Sheriff School is a selective boys' Grammar school in Rugby in Warwickshire. In addition, Rugby School continues to offer a large number of scholarship places for outstanding students from the local community, who come from state (maintained) primary schools in the immediate vicinity of Rugby. The school's new Arnold Foundation has been established to enable it to offer similar support to children from outside the Rugby area. The core of the school (which contains School House, featured in Tom Brown's Schooldays) was completed in 1815 and is built around the Old Quad (quadrangle), with its fine and graceful Georgian architecture. Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857 Especially notable rooms are the Upper Bench (an intimate space with a book-lined gallery), the Old Hall of School House, and the Old Big School (which makes up one side of the quadrangle, and was once the location for teaching all junior pupils). Thomas Hughes (like his fictional hero, Tom Brown) once carved his name onto the hands of the school clock, situated on a tower above the Old Quad. Thomas Hughes ( October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author The polychrome school chapel and new quadrangle were designed by the well-known Victorian Gothic revival architect William Butterfield in 1875, and the smaller Memorial Chapel was dedicated in 1922. The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of Architectural styles predominantly employed during the Victorian era. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began William Butterfield ( 7 September 1814 – 23 February 1900) born in London, Architect of the Gothic revival Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lord Peter Wimsey, the private investigator created by Dorothy L. Sayers, rather unkindly referred to the school as little more than a railway junction (see David Cannadine (1994) Aspects of Aristocracy). Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey, a Fictional character, is a bon vivant sleuth in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( IPA: usually pronounced /ˈseɪɜrz/ although Sayers herself preferred /ˈsɛːz/ and encouraged the use of her middle initial to facilitate this

Thomas Arnold

Main article: Thomas Arnold

The school's most famous headmaster was Dr. Thomas Arnold ( 13 June 1795 &ndash 12 June 1842) was a British schoolmaster and historian head of Rugby School from 1828 Thomas Arnold. Appointed in 1828 he executed many reforms to the school curriculum and administration and was immortalised in Thomas Hughes' book Tom Brown's School Days. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Thomas Hughes ( October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857 It was Arnold's reforms, with their emphasis on sport, 'fair play' and the system of allocating responsibility to boys, that led the British Public School system towards the 'Muscular Christianity' ethos which drove the British Imperial expansion. Muscular Christianity is a term used to refer to a movement within the Victorian era which stressed the need for energetic Christian activism in combination with an ideal of Since then, this system has been copied around the world, so Arnold is effectively the father of secondary education.

William Webb Ellis

Main article: William Webb Ellis
William Webb Ellis plaque
William Webb Ellis plaque
Webb-Ellis at Rugby, 1823
Webb-Ellis at Rugby, 1823

The game of Rugby owes its name to the school. William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 &ndash 24 January 1872 was a English Anglican Clergyman. Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School The legend of William Webb Ellis and the origin of the game is commemorated by a plaque. The story has been known to be a myth since it was first investigated by the Old Rugbeian Society (renamed the Rugbeian Society) in 1895. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year There were no standard rules for football during Webb Ellis's time at Rugby (1816–1825) and most varieties involved carrying the ball. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The games played at Rugby were organized by the students and not the masters, the rules of the game played at Rugby and elsewhere were a matter of custom and were not written down. They were frequently changed and modified with each new intake of students. The sole source of the story is credited to one Matthew Bloxam (a former student, but not a contemporary of Webb Ellis) in October 1876 (four years after the death of Webb Ellis) in a letter to the school newspaper (The Meteor) whereby he quotes some unknown friend relating the story to him. Matthew Holbeche Bloxam ( 12 May 1805 - 24 April 1888) a native of Rugby, Warwickshire, England was the original He elaborated on the story some three years later in another letter to The Meteor, but shed no further light on its source. Richard Lindon is credited for the invention of the "Oval" rugby ball, the rubber inflatable bladder and the brass hand pump. Richard Lindon ( 30 June, 1816 - 10 June, 1887) was instrumental in the development of the modern-day rugby football [1] a Boot and Shoemaker had premises immediately across the street from Rugby Schools main entrance in Lawrence Sheriff Street. No doubt the boys of Rugby School had significant input into their required design.

It is also fair to say that cross country running began at Rugby School. Cross Country running is a Sport of running Compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain faster than other teams The Crick Run was the first such event of its type in the world, and is still a major annual event in the School's calendar.

Houses

Rugby School has both day and boarding-pupils, the latter in the majority. Originally it was for boys only, but girls have been admitted to the sixth form since 1975. It went fully co-educational in 1995. Mixed-sex education, (or just Mixed education) also known as Coeducation, is the integrated education to males and females at the same school facilities

The school community is divided into houses:

Boys:

  • Cotton House
  • Kilbracken
  • Michell House
  • School Field
  • School House
  • Sheriff House
  • Town House (Day House)
  • Whitelaw House

Girls:

  • Bradley House (ex boys' house)
  • Dean House
  • Griffin House
  • Rupert Brooke House
  • Southfield House (Day House)
  • Stanley House (ex boys' house: 6th form)
  • Tudor House (ex boys' house)

Junior School:

Information

Rugby School from the side
Rugby School from the side

Alumni

Main article: Alumni of Rugby School

There have been a number of notable Old Rugbeians including the purported father of the sport of Rugby William Webb Ellis, the war poets Rupert Brooke and John Gillespie Magee, Jr., Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, author and mathematician Lewis Carroll, poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold, the author and social critic Salman Rushdie, the Irish writer and republican Francis Stuart and the well known songwriter, Luke Howard. The house system is a traditional feature of British Schools and schools in ex- British colonies, similar to the collegiate system of a University The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 242 leading day and boarding independent schools in The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican This is a List of Old Rugbeians, they being notable former students - known as "Old Rugbeians" of the Church of England school Rugby School in Rugby William Webb Ellis (24 November 1806 &ndash 24 January 1872 was a English Anglican Clergyman. Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as Chaucer) was an English Poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World John Gillespie Magee Junior ( June 9, 1922 &ndash December 11, 1941) On his grave are inscribed the first and last lines from his poem Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 &ndash 9 November 1940 was a British Conservative Politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 &ndash 15 April 1888 was an English Poet, and Cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt (born 19 June 1947 is an Indian - British novelist and essayist Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Henry Francis Montgomery Stuart (1902–2000 was a prolific Irish writer whose novels have a thrusting modernist iconoclasm Matthew Arnold's father Thomas Arnold, was a famous headmaster of the school. Thomas Arnold ( 13 June 1795 &ndash 12 June 1842) was a British schoolmaster and historian head of Rugby School from 1828 Headmaster redirects here For the type of Transformers please see Headmaster (Transformers.

The Rugbeian Society

The Rugbeian Society is for former pupils at the School. [2] An Old Rugbeian is sometimes referred to as an OR.

The purposes of the Society are to encourage and help Rugbeians in interacting with each other and to strengthen the ties between ORs and the School.

Rugby School slang

In common with most English public schools, Rugby has its own argot, a few words of which are listed below. Also, the Oxford "-er" abbreviation (e. The Oxford "-er" is a colloquial sometimes facetious abbreviation prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875 which is thought to have been borrowed from the g. Johnners, rugger, footer etc), prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875, is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. [3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.richardlindon.com Richard Lindon
  2. ^ http://www.rugsoc.com
  3. ^ Partridge, Eric: "A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. The Oxford "-er" is a colloquial sometimes facetious abbreviation prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875 which is thought to have been borrowed from the Eric Honeywood Partridge ( February 6, 1894 – June 1, 1979) was a noted New Zealand / British lexicographer of Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1984. p. 1390

See also

External links

The following is a partial list of currently operating Schools in the West Midlands region of England.
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