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Encyclopedia - Westminster School: Encyclopedia - Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter at Westminster, commonly referred to as Westminster School, is an ancient English public school, located b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster School: Encyclopedia Ii - Westminster School - Westminster Jargon
Westminster School - Year names. Westminster has an unusual system for naming the school years, which can cause confusion to those not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster School: Encyclopedia Ii - Westminster School - Westminster Jargon
Westminster School - Year names. Westminster has an unusual system for naming the school years, which can cause confusion to those not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson: Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. He is best known for his plays V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bertrand Russell: Encyclopedia - Bertrand Russell
The Right Honourable Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970), was an influential Bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1179: Encyclopedia - 1179
1179 - Events. Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus Fitzroy 3rd Duke Of Grafton: Encyclopedia - Augustus Fitzroy 3rd Duke Of Grafton
The Most Noble Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735–14 March 1811) was a British Whig statesman of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia - Boarding School
A boarding school is a school where some or all students not only study but also live, amongst their peers but away from their home and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alice Liddell: Encyclopedia - Alice Liddell
As with Carroll himself, there are many myths about her life, most of them based on mere rumors without any evidence to support them, but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A. A. Milne: Encyclopedia - A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, was a British author, best known for his books a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Watson-wentworth 2nd Marquess Of Rockingham: Encyclopedia - Charles Watson-wentworth 2nd Marquess Of Rockingham
The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, PC (May 13, 1730 – July 1, 1782) was a British Whig statesman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Lloyd Webber: Encyclopedia - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born March 22, 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre. He has arguably...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Dee: Encyclopedia - Arthur Dee
Arthur Dee (July 13, 1579 – September 1651) was the eldest son of Dr John Dee, and educated at Westminster School. Arthur accompanied h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Murray 1st Earl Of Mansfield: Encyclopedia - William Murray 1st Earl Of Mansfield
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (March 2, 1705 - March 20, 1793), was a British judge and politician who reached high office in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster Abbey: Encyclopedia - Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster: Encyclopedia - Westminster
Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. It is the location of the Palace of Westminster and the Parliament of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Of The British Monarch: Encyclopedia - Coronation Of The British Monarch
The Coronation of the British monarch is a ceremony (specifically, initiation rite) in which the monarch of the United Kingdom and the ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Camden: Encyclopedia - William Camden
William Camden (May 2, 1551 – November 9, 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. He wrote the first topographical survey of Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Cowper: Encyclopedia - William Cowper
William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) (November 20, 1731 – April 25, 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Of Westminster: Encyclopedia - City Of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Dee: Encyclopedia - John Dee
John Dee (July 13, 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a noted British mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Grey Walter: Encyclopedia - William Grey Walter
W. Grey Walter (February 19, 1910 - May 6, 1977) was a neurophysiologist and robotician. William Grey Walter - Overview. Walter was born...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ Church Oxford: Encyclopedia - Christ Church Oxford
Christ Church, called in Latin Ædes Christi (i.e. the temple/house of Christ), and commonly known as The House, is one of the largest an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott: Encyclopedia - Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (January 12, 1825–July 27, 1901) was an English churchman and theologian, Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his dea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Wesley: Encyclopedia - Charles Wesley
Background Christianity Protestantism Pietism Anglicanism Arminianism Doctrinal distinctives Articles of Religion Prevenient Grace Govern...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Schools In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Schools In The United Kingdom - Greater London
List of schools in the United Kingdom - Barking and Dagenham. All Saints RC Secondary School (secondary school, Dagenham) Barking Abbe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Mottos: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Mottos - Organisations
List of mottos - Medical. Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland: In somno securitas (In sleep there is safety) Ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Headmasters' And Headmistresses' Conference: Encyclopedia Ii - Headmasters' And Headmistresses' Conference - Hmc Members
Below is a list of HMC member schools, and their head teacher as of 1 February 2005. Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference - Engla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edmund Curll: Encyclopedia Ii - Edmund Curll - Piracy
One feature of Curll's career, and the one that most cemented his reputation through the ages, was the unauthorized publication of works ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flanders And Swann: Encyclopedia Ii - Flanders And Swann - The Partnership
Flanders and Swann attended the same school (Westminster School) but went their separate ways during the Second World War. However, a cha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Dunciad: Encyclopedia Ii - The Dunciad - The Three-book Dunciad And The Dunciad Variorum
Pope first published The Dunciad in 1728 in three books, with Lewis Theobald as its "hero." The poem was not signed, and he used only ini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pancake Day: Encyclopedia Ii - Pancake Day - Pancake Races
The main tradition connected with Pancake Day is the holding of pancake races. The contestants, traditionally women, carry a frying pan (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster Abbey: Encyclopedia Ii - Westminster Abbey - History
According to tradition, a shrine was first founded in 616 on the present site, then known as Thorney Island; it was said to have been mir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nicholas Humphrey: Encyclopedia Ii - Nicholas Humphrey - Early Career
Nicholas Humphrey went to Westminster School between 1956-61 finishing with honors. Both his undergraduate degree and doctorate in psycho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville: Encyclopedia Ii - John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville - Diplomat
Carteret's interests were however in foreign, and not in domestic policy. His serious work in public life began with his appointment, ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lewis Carroll: Encyclopedia Ii - Lewis Carroll - Allegations Of Pedophilia
Dodgson’s undeniable fondness for little girls (especially Alice Liddell, from whom it is often said he may have derived his own "Alice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Dryden: Encyclopedia Ii - John Dryden - Later Life And Career
After the Restoration Dryden quickly established himself as the leading poet and literary critic of his day and he transferred his allegi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noreena Hertz: Encyclopedia Ii - Noreena Hertz - Life
Noreena Hertz was born in 1967 in London, UK, a great-granddaughter of Chief Rabbi Joseph H. Hertz. Following studies at Westminster Scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Percy Dearmer: Encyclopedia Ii - Percy Dearmer - The Parson's Handbook And Vicarage At St. Mary's
Dearmer's liturgical leanings were the product of a late Victorian debate among advocates of Ritualism in the Church of England. Although...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Locke: Encyclopedia Ii - John Locke - Biography
Locke's father, also named John Locke, was a country lawyer who had served as a captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Nelson Darby: Encyclopedia Ii - John Nelson Darby - Biography
John Nelson Darby - Early years. John Nelson Darby was born in Westminster, London of an Anglo-Irish landowning family and christened a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Russell 1st Earl Russell: Encyclopedia Ii - John Russell 1st Earl Russell - Politics
Russell entered parliament as a Whig in 1813. In 1819, Russell embraced the cause of parliamentary reform, and led the more reformist win...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - University-preparatory School: Encyclopedia Ii - University-preparatory School - Preparatory Schools In Canada
University-preparatory school - British Columbia. Brentwood College School (Mill Bay) Shawnigan Lake School (Shawnigan Lake) St. Georg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kim Philby: Encyclopedia Ii - Kim Philby - Espionage
After leaving Westminster School in 1928 at the age of 16, Philby went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was introduced to and b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maundy Money: Encyclopedia Ii - Maundy Money - History Of The Maundy Ceremony
The present-day Maundy ceremony has evolved over the centuries and bears little relationship to the original rites to which it owes its o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Cleland: Encyclopedia Ii - John Cleland - Later Writing
Cleland's obituary in the Monthly Review said that he had been granted a government annuity of one hundred pounds to prevent his writing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boarding School: Encyclopedia Ii - Boarding School - Boarding School Description
Boarding school - Typical UK boarding school characteristics. The term boarding school often refers to classic British boarding school,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Of Burlington: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Boyle 3rd Earl Of Burlington - Life Account
Lord Burlington, also known as "the architect Earl", was instrumental in the revival of Palladian architecture. He succeeded to the title...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - History
The tradition was started by Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge, and his schoolfriend Charles Wordsworth who was at Oxford. Cambrid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Independent School Uk: Encyclopedia Ii - Independent School Uk - Public School
Public school in the British Isles is a label applied to leading fee-paying independent schools in England and Wales. In Scotland and Ire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Potter - Foundations Of His Literary Career
Following his military service, he studied English Language and Literature at Merton College of Oxford, and in 1923 became secretary to a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robert Hooke: Encyclopedia Ii - Robert Hooke - Achievements
In addition to the book Micrographia and Hooke's Law, Hooke invented the anchor escapement and may also have invented the balance spring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfred Enoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Alfred Enoch - Additional Information
Those wishing to contact Alfred may do so at the following address: Alfred Enoch c/o Harry Potter Production, Leavesden Studios PO Box 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashley Bramall: Encyclopedia Ii - Ashley Bramall - Family And Early Career
Bramall's family were wealthy merchants from Hampshire, but his mother was a convinced socialist and did much to convince her son to supp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anthony Howard Journalist: Encyclopedia Ii - Anthony Howard Journalist - Life And Career
The son of a Church of England clergyman Canon Guy Howard, he was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, University of Oxford,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Lloyd Webber: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrew Lloyd Webber - Professional Career
There is perhaps no more polarizing figure in the world of musical theatre than Andrew Lloyd Webber. His undeniable talent for soaring, m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A. A. Milne: Encyclopedia Ii - A. A. Milne - Literary Career
Milne is most famous for his Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin, after his son, and various characters inspired by his son's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lewis Carroll: Encyclopedia Ii - Lewis Carroll - Allegations Of Pedophilia
Dodgson’s undeniable fondness for little girls (especially Alice Liddell, from whom it is often said he may have derived his own "Alice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Lloyd Webber: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrew Lloyd Webber - Professional Career
There is perhaps no more polarizing figure in the world of musical theatre than Andrew Lloyd Webber. His undeniable talent for soaring, m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson: Encyclopedia Ii - Ben Jonson - Biography
Ben Jonson - Early life. Although he was born in Westminster, Jonson claimed his family was of Border descent, and this may be confirme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Wren: Encyclopedia Ii - Christopher Wren - Major Works Attributed To Wren
Christopher Wren - Chapels. Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge Emmanuel College Chapel, Cambridge Catholic Chapel, Whitehall Palace ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Murray 1st Earl Of Mansfield: Encyclopedia Ii - William Murray 1st Earl Of Mansfield - Lord Mansfield And Abolition Of Slavery
Lord Mansfield played a key role in smoothly ending slavery in England. James Somerset, a slave brought to England by his master, a Mr. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Camden: Encyclopedia Ii - William Camden - Britannia
In 1577, with the encouragement of Abraham Ortelius, Camden began his great work Britannia, a topographical and historical survey of all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westminster Abbey: Encyclopedia Ii - Westminster Abbey - History
According to tradition, a shrine was first founded in 616 on the present site, then known as Thorney Island; it was said to have been mir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alice Liddell: Encyclopedia Ii - Alice Liddell - Biography
Alice Liddell was a daughter of Henry Liddell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and his wife Lorina Hanna, née Reeve. Alice was the fourth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Coulson: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Coulson - Filmography
Film & short film Take Me Back (2005) Charlie The Hours (2002) Ralph Partridge Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Tom Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peter Asher: Encyclopedia Ii - Peter Asher - Awards And Recognition
Peter Asher - Grammy Awards. 1977 - Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical 1989 - Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical (Cry Like a Rainsto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Academic Coats Of Arms: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Academic Coats Of Arms - Academic Institutions In Australia
University of Adelaide Australian National University Flinders University University of Melbourne Monash University University of New Sou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shane Macgowan: Encyclopedia Ii - Shane Macgowan - Teeth
Shane MacGowan is somewhat famous for his teeth, or lack thereof. Many of his teeth are missing; the remainder are rotten and/or crooked....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - City Of Westminster: Encyclopedia Ii - City Of Westminster - Demographics
According to the 2001 census the borough had a population of 181,279. Westminster City Council undertook several studies which have shown...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward Gibbon: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward Gibbon - Life
Gibbon was born in Putney, then a town by the river Thames, near London, England. His grandfather had made and lost the family fortune in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ruth Kelly: Encyclopedia Ii - Ruth Kelly - Career As An Mp
In the general election of 1997, Kelly gained the seat of Bolton West from the Conservatives while heavily pregnant, and gave birth to he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Grey Walter: Encyclopedia Ii - William Grey Walter - Walter's Work On Brain Waves
As a young man Walter was greatly influenced by the work of the famous Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. He visited the lab of Hans Berge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shawnigan Lake School: Encyclopedia Ii - Shawnigan Lake School - History
Shawnigan Lake School, an independent (private) school for boys, was founded in 1916 by Christopher Windley Lonsdale (1886-1952). A clerg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warren Hastings: Encyclopedia Ii - Warren Hastings - Quotations
"The writers of the Indian philosophies will survive, when the British dominion in India shall long have ceased to exist, and when the so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Benn: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Benn - Political Career
Following his World War II service in the Royal Air Force Benn worked briefly as a BBC Radio producer. He was unexpectedly selected to fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Gage: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Gage - Governorship
After the French surrendered, Gage was named military governor of Montreal. In 1761 he was promoted major general and placed in command o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bertrand Russell: Encyclopedia Ii - Bertrand Russell - Russell's Philosophical Work
Bertrand Russell - Analytic philosophy. Russell is generally recognised as one of the founders of analytic philosophy, indeed, even of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ Church Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Christ Church Oxford - Student Life
As well as rooms for accommodation, the buildings of Christ Church include the cathedral (which also acts as the college chapel), a great...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charles Wesley: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Wesley - Best-known Hymns
In the course of his career, Charles Wesley wrote the words of several thousand hymns, many of which are still popular. These include: "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Doll: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Doll - Biography
Doll was born at Hampton into an affluent family, though his father's work as a doctor was cut short by multiple sclerosis. Educated firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Of The British Monarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronation Of The British Monarch - Participants
The Archbishop of Canterbury, who has precedence over all other clergymen and over all laymen except members of the Royal Family, traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jeremy Bentham: Encyclopedia Ii - Jeremy Bentham - Life
Bentham was born in Spitalfields, London, into a wealthy Tory family. He was a child prodigy and was found as a toddler sitting at his fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Dee: Encyclopedia Ii - John Dee - Biography
John Dee - Early life. Dee was born in Tower Ward, London to a Welsh family, whose surname derived from the Welsh du ("black"). His fat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Blackmore: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Blackmore - Blackmore The Epic Poet
Blackmore had a passion for writing epics. Prince Arthur, an Heroick Poem in X Books appeared in 1695. In 1697, Blackmore followed that w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Purcell: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Purcell - Biography
Purcell was born in St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street, Westminster. His father, Henry Purcell (pronounced Pursell with the accent on the firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joachim Von Ribbentrop: Encyclopedia Ii - Joachim Von Ribbentrop - Early Career
Ribbentrop was born in Wesel, Niederrhein, the son of the Army officer Richard Ulrich Friedrich Joachim Ribbentrop and Sophie Hartwig. Ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Of The British Monarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronation Of The British Monarch - Recognition And Oath
The Sovereign enters Westminster Abbey wearing the Crimson Robe. The Robe consists of an ermine cape and a long crimson velvet train. Aft...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Of The British Monarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronation Of The British Monarch - End Of The Ceremony
The Sovereign then takes his or her place on the throne. The Archbishops and Bishops swear their fealty, saying "I, N., Archbishop [Bisho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ Church, Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Christ Church, Oxford - Student Life
As well as rooms for accommodation, the buildings of Christ Church include the cathedral (which also acts as the college chapel), a great...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ Church, Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Christ Church, Oxford - History
In 1525, at the height of his power, Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York, suppressed the Abbey of S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ Church, Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Christ Church, Oxford - Grace
Before formal Hall each evening, the following Latin grace is recited by a scholar of the House: Nōs miserī hominēs et egēnī, prō c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coronation Of The British Monarch: Encyclopedia Ii - Coronation Of The British Monarch - History
The timing of the coronation has varied throughout British history. The first Norman monarch, William I, was crowned on the day he became...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christ Church, Oxford: Encyclopedia Ii - Christ Church, Oxford - Christ Church References
"The wind had dropped. There was even a glimpse of the moon riding behind the clouds. And now, a solemn and plangent token of Oxford's pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lewis Carroll: Encyclopedia Ii - Lewis Carroll - Upbringing
Dodgson's family was predominantly northern English, with some Irish connections. Conservative and High Church Anglican, most of Dodgson'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lewis Carroll: Encyclopedia Ii - Lewis Carroll - Academic Life
He left Rugby at the end of 1850 and, after an interval which remains unexplained, went on in January 1851 to Oxford, attending his fathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Wren: Encyclopedia Ii - Christopher Wren - Life And Times
Wren is particularly known for his design for St Paul's Cathedral, one of very few cathedrals in England to have been built after the med...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - Build-up
Training for the boat race officially begins in September (when university term starts). The first tests are in November at the British I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - The Course
The course is 4 miles and 374 yards (6,779 m) from Putney to Mortlake, passing Barnes and Hammersmith. The race is for heavyweight eights...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Boat Race: Encyclopedia Ii - The Boat Race - Results
The 2006 race is due to start at 4.35 pm (GMT) on Sunday 2 April. The Boat Race - Unofficial Wartime Races. ... See also:The Boat Rac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tony Benn: Encyclopedia Ii - Tony Benn - Family Background
His paternal grandfather was Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet and his father was the 1st Viscount Stansgate; whilst the Wedgwood side of his an...   » Read the article