Thomas Arnold

Thomas Arnold

male, deceased (1842)
Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 - June 12, 1842) was a British schoolmaster and historian, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841.
Thomas Hughes

Thomas Hughes

male, deceased (1896)
Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 - March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. He is most famous for his novel "Tom Brown's School Days"...
Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

male, deceased (1888)
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic, who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of...
Lawrence Sheriff

Lawrence Sheriff

male, deceased (1567)
Lawrence Sheriff or Lawrence Sheriffe ("c"1510-1567) was an Elizabethan gentleman and grocer to Elizabeth I who founded Rugby School. Not much is...
William Gilbert

William Gilbert

male, deceased (1877)
William Gilbert had a boot and shoemakers shop in the high street next to Rugby school and started making balls for the school out of hand...

Richard Lindon

male, deceased (1887)
Richard Lindon (30 June, 1816 - 10 June, 1887) was instrumental in the development of the modern-day rugby ball. Lindon set up home and shop at 6...
Wyndham Lewis

Wyndham Lewis

male, deceased (1957)
Percy Wyndham Lewis (November 18, 1882 - March 7, 1957) was a Canadian-born British painter and author. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist...
Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold

male, deceased (1900)
Tom Arnold also known as Thomas Arnold the Younger (1823 - 1900) was a British literary professor. He was the second son of the Rugby School...
Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome

male, deceased (1967)
Arthur Mitchell Ransome (January 18, 1884 - June 3, 1967), was a British author and journalist, best known for writing the "Swallows and Amazons"...

Samuel Butler

male, deceased (1839)
Samuel Butler, FRS (30 January 1774 - 4 December 1839), was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster at Shrewsbury, and Bishop of Lichfield....