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Eton College
The King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor
Motto Floreat Etona
(May Eton Flourish)
Established 1440
Type Independent School
Religion Anglican
Head Master Anthony Little MA
Provost William Waldegrave
Founder Henry VI
Location Eton
Windsor
Berkshire
United Kingdom
Staff 135 (approx.)
Students 1309
Ages 13 to 18
Houses 25
Colours Eton blue
Publication The Chronicle, The Spectrum, The Arts Review
Former pupils Old Etonians
Website www.etoncollege.com
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British
independent boarding school for boys aged approx. 13 to 19. It was
founded in 1441 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of
Eton besides Wyndsor".[1]
It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor
Castle, and is one of the original nine English public schools (in the
special, counterintuitive British use of that term) as defined by the
Public Schools Act 1868.
It has a very long list of distinguished former pupils, including
eighteen former British Prime Ministers. Traditionally, Eton has been
referred to as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen",[2] and has
been described as the most famous public school in the world.[3] Early
in the 20th century, an historian of Eton wrote "No other school can
claim to have sent forth such a cohort of distinguished figures to
make their mark on the world".[4]
The Good Schools Guide called the school "the number one boys' public
school," adding, "The teaching and facilities are second to none."[5]
History
School Yard, Eton CollegeEton College was founded by Henry VI as a
charity school to provide free education to seventy poor boys who
would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, a constituent college
of the University of Cambridge, which he also founded in 1441.
When Henry VI founded the school, he granted it a large number of
endowments, including much valuable land, a plan for formidable
buildings (Henry intended the nave of the College Chapel to be the
longest in Europe) and several religious relics, supposedly including
a part of the True Cross and the Crown of Thorns. He even persuaded
the then Pope, Eugene IV, to grant a privilege unparalleled anywhere
in England: the right to grant Indulgences to penitents on the Feast
of the Assumption.
However, when Henry was deposed by Edward IV in 1461, the new king
annulled all grants to the school and removed most of its assets and
treasures to St George's Chapel, Windsor, on the other side of the
River Thames. Legend has it that Edward's mistress, Jane Shore,
intervened on the school's behalf and was able to save much of the
school,[8] although the royal bequest and the number of staff were
much reduced.
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List of Old Etonians born before the 18th century
The following notable old boys of Eton College were born in the 15th,
16th and 17th centuries.
Contents
1 15th century
2 16th century
3 17th century
4 See also
15th century
Thomas Rotherham (1423–1500), Keeper of the Privy Seal, 1467–1474,
Bishop of Rochester, 1468–1472, Bishop of Lincoln, 1472–1480, Lord
Chancellor, 1474–1483, and Archbishop of York, 1480–1500
Oliver King (c.1432–1503), Bishop of Exeter, 1492–1495, and Bishop of
Bath and Wells, 1495–1503
John Doget (c.1434–1501), humanist scholar
Alexander Legh (c.1435–c.1504), royal administrator and diplomat
Robert Wydow (c.1446–1505), poet and church musician
John Barker (fl. c.1471–1482), logician
Thomas Barowe (died 1499), Master of the Rolls, 1483–1485
Nicholas West (c.1461–1533), Bishop of Ely, 1535–1538, and diplomat
John Kite (died 1537), Archbishop of Armagh, 1513–1521, and Bishop of
Carlisle, 1521–1537
Richard Croke (or Crocus) (c.1489–1558), classical scholar
Edward Fox (c.1496–1538), Bishop of Hereford, 1535–1538
16th century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Old_Etonians_born_before_the_18th_century
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In 1440 Henry VI founded ‘The King’s College of Our Lady of Eton
beside Windsor’ and, a year later, King’s College Cambridge, which was
to be supplied with scholars from Eton. The school was to be part of a
large foundation which included a community of secular priests, 10 of
whom were Fellows, a pilgrimage church, and an almshouse. Provision
was made for 70 scholars to receive free education.
To this end Henry lavished on Eton a substantial income from land, and
a huge collection of holy relics among which were fragments of what
were supposed to be the True Cross and the Crown of Thorns. He even
persuaded the Pope to grant a privilege unequalled anywhere in
England: Eton was to have the right to grant Indulgences to penitents
on the Feast of the Assumption.
http://www.etoncollege.com/OurHistory.aspx
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"The school in Stratford was of very good quality, better than Eton at
the time. More support for this assertion comes from Shakespeare
himself: in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he re-enacts a school-room
scene, right down to the learning of Latin by memorization."