WebCharterhouse is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England.Originally founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square, Smithfield, London, it educates over 800 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years.Charterhouse is one of the 'great' nine …

WebBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, commonly known as Barts or BL, is a medical and dental school in London, England. ... Later a residential college was established, which moved to premises at Charterhouse Square in the 1930s. The medical college was formally established in 1843, and was incorporated as the Medical College ...

WebSome schools are particularly old, such as The King's School, Canterbury c.597, The King's School, Rochester c.604, St Peter's School, York c. 627, Sherborne School c.710, (refounded 1550 by Edward VI), Warwick School c.914, King's Ely c.970 (originally the Ely Cathedral Grammar School, then the King's School Ely when refounded in 1541 by …

WebThe Charterhouse of Parma (French: La Chartreuse de Parme) is a novel by Stendhal published in 1839. Telling the story of an Italian nobleman in the Napoleonic era and later, it was admired by Balzac, Tolstoy, André Gide, di Lampedusa and Henry James.It was inspired by an inauthentic Italian account of the dissolute youth of Alessandro Farnese. …

WebRugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up to 1667, the school remained in comparative obscurity. Its re-establishment by Thomas Arnold during his …

WebThe Certosa di Bologna is a former Carthusian monastery (or charterhouse) in Bologna, northern Italy, which was founded in 1334 and suppressed in 1797.In 1801 it became the city's Monumental Cemetery which would be much praised by Byron and others. In 1869 an Etruscan necropolis, which had been in use from the sixth to the third centuries BC, was …

WebCaterham School was founded as the Congregational School in 1811 in Lewisham, by John Townsend to provide a boarding education for the sons of Congregational Ministers. The abolitionist politician and philanthropist William Wilberforce was a governor of the school from its foundation until his death in 1833.. By 1884, the school had outgrown its …

WebGodalming / ˈ ɡ ɒ d əl m ɪ ŋ / is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around 30 mi (48 km) southwest of central London.It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock.The civil parish covers 3.74 sq mi (9.7 km 2) and includes the settlements of Farncombe, Binscombe and Holloway Hill.Much of the …

WebThe Medical College of The Royal London Hospital (now part of the School of Medicine and Dentistry) was England's first medical school when it opened in 1785. In 1850, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first fully qualified female doctor in the UK, after training at St Bartholomew's Hospital. People's Palace. The predecessor to Queen Mary College was …

WebHenry George Liddell (/ ˈ l ɪ d əl /; 6 February 1811 – 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after him), author of A History of Rome (1855), and co-author (with Robert Scott) of the monumental …