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| − | '''Rugby School''' is a major public school (the equivalent of a private schhol in the US) in the town of [[Rugby, Warwickshire]], central [[England]]. It has three claims to fame: Thomas Arnold, its headmaster from 1828 to 1841, was the architect of the [[Victorian]] public school, with its emphasis on [[muscular Christianity]], sporting effort and the study of the classics; Arnold's reforms inspired the famous novel by Thomas Hughes, ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]''; and | + | '''Rugby School''' is a major public school (the equivalent of a private schhol in the US) in the town of [[Rugby, Warwickshire]], central [[England]]. It has three claims to fame: Thomas Arnold, its headmaster from 1828 to 1841, was the architect of the [[Victorian]] public school, with its emphasis on [[muscular Christianity]], sporting effort and the study of the classics; Arnold's reforms inspired the famous novel by Thomas Hughes, ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]''; and the sport of [[Rugby Union]] was named after the school, having supposedly been invented by a scholar named William Webb-Ellis, who, according to legend, while playing [[football]], picked the ball up and ran with it. |
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/education/rugby/bradby.html | http://www.victorianweb.org/history/education/rugby/bradby.html | ||
Revision as of 22:11, March 15, 2008
Rugby School is a major public school (the equivalent of a private schhol in the US) in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, central England. It has three claims to fame: Thomas Arnold, its headmaster from 1828 to 1841, was the architect of the Victorian public school, with its emphasis on muscular Christianity, sporting effort and the study of the classics; Arnold's reforms inspired the famous novel by Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays; and the sport of Rugby Union was named after the school, having supposedly been invented by a scholar named William Webb-Ellis, who, according to legend, while playing football, picked the ball up and ran with it.
Further Information
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/education/rugby/bradby.html