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In 1816 Rudolph Ackermann published a book which used the term "History of the Public Schools" of what he described as the "principal schools of England", [59] entitled The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Initially established to provide free education to poor scholars, Eton evolved into one of the most prestigious and exclusive public schools in England. Its imposing architecture, rich traditions, and distinguished alumni have helped cement its reputation as a bastion of privilege and excellence.
Published in England in 1977 under the title The Public School Phenomenon, Lond. 597–1977. References in later footnotes will be to the American edition. Other references, unless the exception is noted, will be to the first English edition of the work cited.
Aug 22, 2018 · While the system of education under the Université set up by Napoleon in 1806 was secular and centralised under the state, the secondary schools and the two universities in England were controlled by the Church of England. A licence to teach had also to be obtained from the bishop.
- Ann Margaret Doyle
- 2018
The Public Schools Yearbook was published for the first time in 1889, listing 30 schools, mostly boarding schools except for St Paul's School and Merchant Taylors' School. Some academically successful grammar schools were added in later editions.
The term public school emerged in the 18th century when the reputation of certain grammar schools spread beyond their immediate environs. They began taking students whose parents could afford residential fees and thus became known as public, in contrast to local, schools.
Most public schools were founded in Victorian times, partly to provide recruits for the empire and the army: the Victorians used the public schools to remove the sons of tradesmen from the taint of trade, and it is still often true, as G. K. Chesterton put it, that “the public schools are not for the sons of gentlemen, they’re for the ...
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