Shrewsbury School

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Shrewsbury School

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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