Laurence Sheriff
English gentleman
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founding of Rugby School
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…for boys in 1567 by Laurence Sheriff, a local resident, and was endowed with sundry estates, including Sheriff’s own house. The school flourished under the headship of Thomas Arnold between 1828 and 1842 and became, under his rule, a model of the British public school for following generations. It was…
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