EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Formerly King Edward VI Grammar School. Began allowing girls to attend in 2008.

Location:
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Founding Date:
1552

Enrollment:
670

Official Website:
http://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Peter Brown	Historian	26-Jul-1935		The Rise of Western Christendom
Samuel Butler	Author	4-Dec-1835	18-Jun-1902	Erewheon
Henry Page Croft	Politician	22-Jun-1881	7-Dec-1947	British Under-Secretary of War, 1940-45
Charles Darwin	Naturalist	12-Feb-1809	19-Apr-1882	Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection
Simon Dee	Talk Show Host	28-Jul-1935	30-Aug-2009	Dee Time
Michael Heseltine	Politician	21-Mar-1933		UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97
Charles Thomas Newton	Archaeologist	16-Sep-1816	28-Nov-1894	Discovered Halicarnassus mausoleum
Michael Palin	Comic	5-May-1943		Monty Python
John Peel	Radio Personality	30-Aug-1939	25-Oct-2004	Influential radio presenter
Martin Rees	Astronomer	23-Jun-1942		President of the Royal Society
Nevil Shute	Novelist	17-Jan-1899	12-Jan-1960	On the Beach
Sir Philip Sidney	Author	30-Nov-1554	17-Oct-1586	The Defence of Poesie

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Butler	Scholar	30-Jan-1774	4-Dec-1839	Headmaster of Shrewsbury School

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