EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Rugby, Warwickshire, England

Founding Date:
1567

Official Website:
http://www.rugbyschool.net/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Abercromby	Military	7-Oct-1734	28-Mar-1801	British general
Liaquat Ahamed	Economist	14-Nov-1952		Lords of Finance
Matthew Arnold	Poet	24-Dec-1822	15-Apr-1888	Culture and Anarchy
William Bateson	Biologist	8-Aug-1861	8-Feb-1926	Founder of genetics
Arthur Bliss	Composer	2-Aug-1891	28-Mar-1975	Morning Heroes
Rupert Brooke	Poet	3-Aug-1887	23-Apr-1915	1914 and Other Poems
Samuel Butler	Scholar	30-Jan-1774	4-Dec-1839	Headmaster of Shrewsbury School
Lewis Carroll	Author	27-Jan-1832	14-Jan-1898	Alice in Wonderland
Austen Chamberlain	Politician	16-Oct-1863	16-Mar-1937	British pol, Nobel Prize recipient
R. G. Collingwood	Historian	22-Feb-1889	9-Jan-1943	The Idea of History
E. J. H. Corner	Botanist	12-Jan-1906	14-Sep-1996	Durian theory
John H. Gaddum	Scientist	31-Mar-1900	30-Jun-1965	Drug antagonism
Charles Gordon-Lennox	Aristocrat	19-Sep-1929		10th Duke of Richmond
T. H. Green	Philosopher	7-Apr-1836	26-Mar-1882	Prolegomena to Ethics
F. Philip Handy	Business	c. 1945		Strategic Industries Inc.
Robert Hardy	Actor	29-Oct-1925		All Creatures Great and Small
R. M. Hare	Philosopher	21-Mar-1919	29-Jan-2002	Moral Thinking
Caspar Hobbs	Business	1969		Mergermarket Group
Edward Horsman	Politician	1807	30-Nov-1876	Scottish parliamentarian
Fenton J. A. Hort	Religion	23-Apr-1828	30-Nov-1892	Translator of the New Testament
Thomas Hughes	Author	20-Oct-1822	22-Mar-1896	Tom Brown's School Days
Tom King	Politician	13-Jun-1933		UK Minister of Defence, 1989-92
Ian Lang	Politician	27-Jun-1940		British MP for Galloway, 1979-97
William Charles Macready	Actor	3-Mar-1793	27-Apr-1873	19th c. English actor and manager
Andrew Mitchell	Politician	23-Mar-1956		British MP, Sutton Coldfield
Anthony Quayle	Actor	7-Sep-1913	20-Oct-1989	Ice-Cold in Alex
Salman Rushdie	Novelist	19-Jun-1947		The Satanic Verses
Henry Sidgwick	Philosopher	31-May-1838	29-Aug-1900	Method of Ethics
Henry Stephenson	Actor	16-Apr-1871	24-Apr-1956	The Prince and the Pauper
R. H. Tawney	Scholar	30-Nov-1880	16-Jan-1962	The Acquisitive Society
William Temple	Religion	15-Oct-1881	26-Oct-1944	Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44
A. N. Wilson	Novelist	27-Oct-1950		The Lampitt Papers

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ronald Fisher	Mathematician	17-Feb-1890	29-Jul-1962	Analysis of variance and covariance

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ian Lang	Politician	27-Jun-1940		British MP for Galloway, 1979-97

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