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Madeline Rees George


headmistress of the Advanced School. She held this post until 1908 when the school was merged into the Adelaide Girls High School, and she was made headmistress of the new institution, in the same Grote Street premises. She resigned from the department in 1913. Miss George made trips to England in 1900 and 1907, when she went as a delegate to the first League of the Empire conference held in London, and again in 1913. She died at North Adelaide, aged 80. She never married. Marian Rees George (
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Free school (England)


in England's most deprived areas than the least deprived. When the free school policy was first announced, some commentators offered advice to potential proposers, while others expressed scepticism that the concept could be made to work at all. Supporters of free schools, such as the Conservative Party, claimed that they would "create more local competition and drive-up standards". They also felt they would allow parents to have more choice in the type of education their child receives, much like parents who send their children to independent schools
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Richard Bell (cricketer)


Richard Moore Bell (1 January 1874 – 10 June 1953) was an English first-class cricketer. Bell was born at Wigton on New Year's Day in 1874. When he was a child, his family moved to Australia, where he attended the Melbourne Grammar School, before returning to England where he attended The Leys School. He made his debut in first-class cricket for London County against Ireland at Crystal Palace in 1902. He played for London County until 1904, making eight appearances. He made two first
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Augustinian Province of England and Scotland


11 yrs – 18yrs), with some day pupils. In the twenty-first century, it is co-educational, educates only day pupils (3yrs –18yrs). With the desire to establish a school fulfilled, the next step was a truly historic occasion. Clare Priory, the first-ever Augustinian foundation in Britain, was bought back and became the novitiate for the vice-province. History was made when the first chapter of the Order to be held in England since 1532 took place in Clare in 1970.The
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Mick Waddy


a post as a mathematics master at Rugby School; he remained there, becoming a house master, until 1940. When first-class cricket resumed in England in 1919 after the First World War, Waddy, qualified by residence, played in the school holidays for Warwickshire. He had some success in the first three years, scoring a final century, an unbeaten 109 made out of a total of 229, in the 1921 match against Middlesex at Lord's. He was unsuccessful in 1922 and did not appear in first-
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Bland Holt


Bland Holt (born Joseph Thomas Holt, (24 March 1851 – 28 June 1942) was a comedian and theatrical producer, active in Australia. Holt was the son of Joseph Frederick Holt (known as Clarance) and his first wife Marie, "née" Brown. Holt was born at Norwich, England, came to Australia with his father, an actor/manager, in 1857, and made his first appearance on the stage when he was six years old. He was educated at the Church of England grammar school
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Charterhouse Cave


Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. Charterhouse Cave was first excavated in 1972. By 1977 the Sidcot School Speleological Society had reached Bat Chamber, although the first main breakthrough into the system was made in 1982. Active exploration continues and breakthroughs were made in April 2008 when of passage big enough to walk through was discovered, and again when the Portal Pool Sump was passed in May 2009 revealing another of passage. Continued exploration in 2010 and 2011 brought the cave to its
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Unity College Northampton


Unity College was a mixed 11-16 school in Northampton. It was Northampton's first Church of England College. It had replaced the old school, Trinity High School, which was opened in 1932. The decision was called when the builders found the tower unsafe to redevelop, and the call was made to rebuild the school, which was built in 2004, and all the buildings were completed in 2008. On 20 February 2008, the college held a whole school assembly to mark the date of completion, and a plaque
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Higher School Certificate (England and Wales)


The Higher School Certificate (HSC) was an educational attainment standard qualification in England and Wales, established by the Secondary Schools Examination Council (SSEC). The Higher School Certificate Examination (HSCE) was usually taken at age 18, or two years after the School Certificate. It was abolished when A-levels were introduced in 1951. The HSC made it compulsory to study a broader range of subjects, even though some students were strong in either the sciences or the arts and humanities. When A-Levels were introduced,
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Benedict Arnold (governor)


church in Limington, slightly more than to the east of Ilchester. This ancient school is where Thomas Wolsey was the curate and schoolmaster from 1500 to 1509. Wolsey became the Lord Cardinal and Primate of England. The Arnold family emigrated to New England when he was 19 in the spring of 1635 and made the trip from Ilchester to Dartmouth on the coast of Devon. He wrote in a family record, "Memorandom my father and his family Sett Sayle from Dartmouth in Old England, the first of May, friday &c.
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Oundle School


subjects such as science, modern languages and engineering to the English independent school system. The major development came about in 1990 when Oundle admitted girls for the first time. In the year 2000 the decision was made by the school's governing body to re-unite Oundle School and Laxton School as a single educational establishment under the common name Oundle School, with Laxton House becoming the day house. Oundle has 835 boarders and 235 day pupils. It is the third largest independent boarding school in England, after Eton and Millfield.
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Gregory Normal School


Gregory Normal School was the first legal school admitting African-American students in Wilmington, North Carolina. It operated from 1868–1921. It was originally known as Wilmington Normal School when it was organized by a group of eight Protestant missionaries from New England who were sponsored by the American Missionary Association. It was renamed the Gregory Normal Institute in 1883 in honor of J. H. Gregory of Massachusetts who had made a substantial donation to the schools operations. Gregory was a high school level school that sought to prepare its students for studying in colleges
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Aftab Ahmed (Bangladeshi cricketer)


disappointing Test series against England when Bangladesh first toured England, in 2005, he scored his first Test fifty with 82 not out as Bangladesh made 316 in the second innings of the second Test. He and also made 51 in the first ODI against England in the 2005 NatWest Series. In Bangladesh's victory over Australia in 2005, Ahmed scored 23 from 17 balls. Again in 2005 when Bangladesh was nearly 60 runs away to register their first victory over Sri Lanka Aftab came to the crease and made a match winning 50-run partnership
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Franconia College


nine founding staff members; the school began granting four-year degrees in 1965. The school was accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The school first gained national attention in 1968 when William Loeb, publisher of the "Manchester Union Leader", vilified the students for behavior that included unmarried persons of the opposite sex sleeping together. The headline "Bare Debauchery at Franconia College: Sex, Liquor, Drugs Rampant on Campus" made the front page of the newspaper the same day a larger, main headline
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Rex Neame


Hampshire before going on to Harrow School where he captained the cricket team in 1954 and 1955 and was Head Boy in his final year. He captained England at schoolboy level in both cricket and rugby union and was considered a talented sportsman and described as the "leading all-rounder" in school cricket in 1955. Neame made his Kent debut in 1956 and played occasionally for the side as an amateur when he could find the time to be away from the family business. He made a total of 10 first-class appearances
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Mumtaz Habib


learned to speak English, studied well and was made deputy head boy. His cricketing skills caught the eye of Harrow's cricket master when he was practising at an indoor cricket centre owned by Harrow School. Habib was then asked to practice with the Harrow schoolboys and eventually he was offered a full bursary to cover the school's then fees of £20,985 a year. Passing nine GCSEs just two years after learning English, he was later educated at Durham University. He made his first-class debut in England for Durham UCCE
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Stanley Harris (footballer)


Stanley Shute Harris (19 July 1881 – 4 May 1926) was an English footballer who represented and captained the England national football team. He also played first-class cricket for various clubs, appearing in a total of 16 first-class matches. Stanley Harris was the son of Charles Alexander Harris. He was educated at Westminster School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Harris captained England in four of his six internationals. He made his debut in 1904 when the English defeated Scotland 1–0 and the following year wore the captain's
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Denby Dale


was made at Springfield Mill. With the economy flourishing, the population increased and the village grew. The village is served by Denby Dale railway station, and also has 2 bus stops. Denby Dale First and Nursery school (formerly known as Gilthwaites First School and Denby Dale Nursery) provides education from aged 2 to aged 10. Denby Dale Nursery School received an outstanding OFSTED report in 2012. Denby Church of England Voluntary Aided First School is a voluntary aided primary school associated with the Church of England in Upper Denby. The
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First grade


First grade (called "Year 2" in England or Primary 2 in Scotland) is the first grade in elementary school. It is the first school year after kindergarten in Canada and the USA. Children are usually 6–7 years old in this grade. In England and Wales, the first year of school is called reception, and the pupils are 4 to 5 years old. However, the first compulsory school year is Year One, when children are five years old. As most primary schools have a reception class which is
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Jack Butland


that year was the first-choice goalkeeper for the Great Britain team at the Olympic tournament. He became the youngest goalkeeper to play for the senior England team when he made his debut in August 2012. Butland was born in Bristol, and raised in nearby Clevedon where he attended Yeo Moor Primary School and Clevedon Community School. After playing for Clevedon United and the Bristol-based Jamie Shore Academy, he joined Birmingham City as a schoolboy in 2007 and began a two-year scholarship in the club's youth academy when he
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List of England cricket captains


by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). England played their first T20I in 2005 under the captaincy of Michael Vaughan. The England Women's team made their international debut on the 1934–35 tour of Australia and New Zealand when they were captained by Betty Archdale. Women's internationals were played sporadically until the last quarter of the twentieth century when ODIs became frequent. The first ODI match was played in 1973 when England Women were led by Rachael Heyhoe-Flint. England Women's first T20I was played in 2004 under the
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St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School


on a visit to the New Kent Road site. For the celebration of the centenary of the school in 2003, HM Queen Elizabeth visited it and unveiled a commemorative piece of public art. The school remains a semi-independent Church of England voluntary aided school. The similar names for the girls' and boys' schools and the educational foundation sometimes cause confusion, but when a proposal to rename the girls' school simply 'St Saviour's' was made it was unwelcome. Nevertheless, the "old girls'" association
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Charles Plumpton Wilson


he became an assistant master at Elstree School, Hertfordshire from 1881 to 1898, and from 1898 he was headmaster of Sandroyd School, Cobham, Surrey. Wilson came to note as a rugby player when he was selected for the Cambridge University team whilst studying at Trinity. He won four sporting Blues in rugby, playing in The Varsity Match from 1877 to 1880, and was made team captain in the 1880 encounter. He made his solitary international appearance for England in their first match against Wales played on 19 February 1881 at Richardson
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Patrick Foster


Patrick John Foster (born 20 March 1987) is a Kenyan-born English former first-class cricketer. Foster was born at Nairobi in March 1987, spending the first six years of his life living in the Rift Valley town of Gilgil. His parents ran the independent Pembroke House School. His parents returned to England when he was six, with Foster attending Oundle School. From there he went up to Durham University, where he studied social sciences. While at Durham he made his debut in first-class cricket for
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Sammy Carter


Hanson "Sammy" Carter (15 March 1878 – 8 June 1948) was a cricketer who played for Australia and New South Wales. Carter attended Sydney Boys High School in 1894. A wicket-keeper, he made his debut for New South Wales in 1897–98, and after two matches in 1901–02 he was selected to tour England in 1902 as the deputy wicket-keeper. He played his first Test in 1907–08, when he played all five Tests against England. He toured England again in 1909, playing all five Tests
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Coanwood


England Aided First School provides primary school education. By a [Statutory Instrument] no. 3301 in 2005 the school was designated as a school having a religious character. Prior to 1928, when the Local Education Authority took over responsibility for the school, Herdley Bank was a Church of England School, with the Vicar of Lambley as its chairman. In 2016 Herdley Bank First School was closed and is now reopening as a school for people with varying different needs. Quaker Meetings were first held in 1659 after a licence was obtained
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Science education in England


account of science curriculum and education during this period. According to his work, the teaching of science in England dates back to at least Anglo-Saxon times. Gillard explains that the first schools in England (that are known of) were created by St Augustine when he brought Christianity to England around the end of the sixth century—there were almost certainly schools in Roman Britain before St Augustine, but they did not survive after the Romans left. It is thought the first grammar school was established at Canterbury in 598 during
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D'Overbroeck's College


d’Overbroeck’s is a co-educational independent school in Oxford, England, for students aged 11–18. The school is owned by the Oxford International Education Group and is made up of three different sites, one for years 7–11, another as a sixth form college and the other to prepare international students for sixth form. D'Overbroeck's College was founded in 1977 as a sixth form college by Malcolm van Biervliet D'Overbroeck. He taught French and Spanish at the school for 30 years until 2007 when he retired. It first premises was at
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Denis Thwaites


In April 1960, he created a goal for Bill Atkinson in a 3–0 defeat of Wales Schools; a few weeks later, the favour was returned in a 5–3 win against the Scottish Schools XI, when "England scored within 30 seconds of the start, the ball flowing sweetly from right to left, for Atkinson's centre to be summarily despatched into the net by Thwaites". He joined First Division club Birmingham City as a 15-year-old in 1960, and made his first-team debut a year later, standing
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David Gower


territory of Tanganyika Territory, where Gower spent his early childhood. The family returned to England after Tanganyika was granted independence, when Gower was six years old, settling in Kent and later moving to Loughborough. Gower attended prep school at Marlborough House School in Hawkhurst from the age of 8 to 13, where he leaned towards cricket as his preferred sport. He was awarded a scholarship to attend The King's School in Canterbury, where his father had once been head boy, as a boarder. Gower made the school cricket First
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History of football in England


According to FIFA, the world governing body of football, the contemporary history of the game began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football "branched off on their different courses" and the English Football Association (the FA) was formed as the sport's first governing body. Until the 19th century, football had been played in various forms using a multiplicity of rules under the general heading of "folk football". From about the 1820s, efforts were made at public schools and at the University of Cambridge
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Mabel Cawthra


obtain a position with Lord Strathcona’s Horse. He reached South Africa early in June 1900. After seeing action, Adamson fell ill and was sent as an invalid first to England, then in March 1901 to Canada. He made another attempt to see action, returning to South Africa in 1902, but the war had ended when he arrived. Mabel became involved with the Arts and Crafts movement in England. In 1902–03 she studied at Charles Robert Ashbee's Guild of Handicrafts in Chipping Campden in the Cotswalds. The school was
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Robert Copland-Crawford


school came against a side from Lords and Commons on 10 June 1871 when he scored 72 runs and took four wickets with his underarm bowling (plus one catch) in a drawn match, and against Harrow Town on 4 July 1871 when he claimed six wickets in Harrow Town's second innings. He made two first class appearances for M.C.C. in 1872 and 1873 as well as an appearance for the North of England against the South. He made several other appearances for the M.C.C. as well as playing for the Old Harrovians, the
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Jade Williams (actress)


Jade Williams (born 2 October 1984) is a British actress. Williams was born and in London, England in 1984 to Shelley and Mick Williams, a postman. She is the first of three children; her sister is Candice and her brother is Adam. Williams attended St. John's Infant School and later St. Mary's Primary School before winning a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School, for which she began attending at the age of eight. Williams made her debut to television in 1995 when she appeared in "Black
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Kate Winslet


were a supportive family. Winslet attended St Mary and All Saints' Church of England primary school. Living in a family of actors inspired her to pursue acting from a young age. She and her sisters participated in amateur stage shows at school and at a local youth theatre, named Foundations. When she was five, Winslet made her first stage appearance as Mary in her school's production of the Nativity. She has described herself as an overweight child; she was nicknamed "blubber" by her schoolmates and was bullied for
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Royal Grammar School, Guildford


judo, rowing, sailing, swimming, target shooting and tennis are available, the list varies by year and term. Sixth form also have a "Spectrum" games option where boys are permitted to use any of the facilities at Guildford Spectrum during the games period. The school has enjoyed some success in rugby where it has had first and second places at various levels of the Daily Mail Cup. On 6 February 2016, Jack Clifford became the first Old Guildfordian to become a full England rugby international when he made his full
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Francoise Boufhal


Francoise Boufhal (born 18 December 1988) is an English model, actress and presenter. Born Françoise Boufhal on 18 December 1988 in Hexham, Northumberland, England, Boufhal grew up and spent most of her childhood in Stocksfield and attended Broomley First school before moving into Newcastle Upon Tyne. She attended Ponteland Middle school. Boufhal's acting career began at the age of 11 when she joined The Live Theatre Company, a theatrical youth theatre based in Newcastle made famous by Robson Green. Boufhal's first major role was in the hit
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William Humphry


-class appearance for the Gentleman against the Players at the Royal New Ground, Brighton. His next first-class appearance came in 1848, when he made his first-class debut for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He made seven further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against a United All-England Eleven at the Dripping Pan, Lewes, in 1854. He also made a single first-class appearance each for the Gentlemen of England against a United England Eleven
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Bishop Ramsey School


Bishop Ramsey School is a coeducational Church of England secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Ruislip area of the London Borough of Hillingdon, England. Bishop Ramsey School was originally named Manor Secondary School which first opened in 1926. In 1977 it was renamed to 'Bishop Ramsey' when it merged with St. Martin's School in West Drayton. It was first located on at what used to be the Lower School site (Eastcote Road, Ruislip).The Lower School Site housed Years 7-9, and the Upper
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Andy Gomarsall


continue Guinness Premiership rugby. Gomarsall sprang to prominence when he led the 1992 England Schools U18 team to their first Grand Slam in 11 years. The following season, he joined London Wasps and made his full England debut in 1996 against Italy. In 1997 he played in three Five Nations games and came on twice as a replacement on tour in Argentina. On the club scene, he was a member of London Wasps’ 1999 Powergen Cup winning side, then transferred to Bedford, where he was captain, before being persuaded to
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List of England Test cricket centurions


In cricket, a century occurs when a batsman scores 100 runs or more in an innings. 167 England players have scored centuries in Test matches. The first England batsman to hit a century was W. G. Grace, who made 152 in the first innings of England's five-wicket victory over Australia at The Oval on 6 September 1880. The player with the most centuries for England is Alastair Cook, who has made 33 since his first against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur on 1 March 2006. Wally
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Jason Roy


order in first-class matches. He made his Twenty20 International debut against India in September 2014 and his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland in May 2015. He was the first batsman to be given out for obstructing the field in T20I history. Having moved to England along with his family from South Africa when he was 10 years old, he attended The Hawthorns School for a few years, then Whitgift School. He represented Surrey in age group cricket from Under-11 through to Under-19 and Academy level. He took
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John England (bishop)


Charleston's Irish Volunteers to protect the school. Yet soon after this, when all schools for 'free blacks' were closed in Charleston, England acquiesced, thus divorcing Catholicism in Charleston from abolitionism. In the interests of his impoverished diocese he visited the chief towns and cities of the Union, crossed the ocean four times, sought aid from the Pope, the Propaganda, the Leopoldine Society of Vienna, and made appeals in Ireland, England, France, Italy, wherever he could obtain money, vestments, or books.
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George Robson (rugby union)


George Robson (born 4 November 1985) is a retired English rugby union player. His position is Lock. Robson currently works with sports nutrition company MusclePharm. Robson was a student at Bromsgrove School and Old Swinford Hospital. Robson played for England at both Under 16 and Under 18 level and made his first appearance for Quins in the Zurich A League during 2005. He then made his First XV debut for Harlequins on 18 February 2006, when he came off the bench in the 52–12 win against Coventry at the Stoop. Robson
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Colin Cowdrey


Favell and Arthur Morris. When England finally got to bat on the third day they promptly collapsed to 25/4, but Cowdrey made 40 and added 72 for the 5th wicket with Trevor Bailey. This did not prevent the follow on, where Cowdrey made 10, and England lost by an innings. In the Second Test at Sydney Australia had a first innings lead of 74 and England had collapsed to 55/3 when Peter May (104) and Cowdrey (54) came together and made a disciplined stand of 116 "every run a
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Andre Savelio


Savelio was born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand and raised in Warrington, England, having moved there as a one-year-old when his father, Lokeni, started playing in the Super League. He is of Samoan descent. Savelio attended Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, and played his amateur rugby league for Latchford Albion before being signed by St. Helens at the age of 14. He represented England at an under-16 and under-18 level. Savelio made his first team début for St Helens in March 2014 against Leeds Rhinos.
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William Timothy Cape


, and was intended for the Church of England ministry. However, on his arrival in Australia, became an assistant master at his father's school. Though just 20 years of age he was made headmaster of the Sydney public school on 1 July 1827 when his father resigned. He had already made a reputation as a teacher and shortly afterwards, when a number of public school teachers from the country were brought into Sydney for training, Cape was given charge of them as he was considered the only qualified person available. In
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Napton on the Hill


, is roughly the same as it was in the year 1400. Napton had a windmill by 1543. The present stone-built tower mill is a later structure that was derelict in 1966 but has since been restored. Napton had separate schools for girls and boys until 1948 when they were merged to form the current St. Lawrence Church of England Primary School, which moved to its current premises in 1997. The first section of the Oxford Canal from Hawkesbury Junction was completed in 1771 and it reached Napton in 1774. This made
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A Princess of Landover


in a cage. The story proper began in the principal's office of the exclusive private school Carringon Women's Preparatory in New England where Mistaya "Misty" Holiday had been sent by Ben to "learn about places other than" Landover. The school was informed that her parents were away most of the time and all correspondence to be made via Miles Bennett, Ben's former law partner. The headmistress Harriet Appleton was with Misty, recounting the girl's previous visits to the same office. The first was when Misty organized
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New England Female Medical College


New England Female Medical College (NEFMC), originally Boston Female Medical College, was founded in 1848 by Samuel Gregory and was the first school to train women in the field of medicine. It merged with Boston University School of Medicine in 1874. Prior to 1847 when Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to enroll in a United States medical school when she entered the Geneva Medical College, many women such as Harriot Kezia Hunt had served as family physicians, but women were denied attendance at medical lectures and examinations. Blackwell set a
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David Copperfield


dates when those decisions were made. At first glance, the work is modeled in the loose and somewhat disjointed way of "personal histories" that was very popular in the United Kingdom of the 18th century; but in reality, "David Copperfield" is a carefully structured and unified novel. It begins, like other novels by Dickens, with a rather bleak painting of the conditions of childhood in Victorian England, notoriously when the troublesome children are parked in infamous boarding schools, then he strives to trace the slow social and
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Howard Athenaeum


The daughter of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining, she was born in London, England, but was brought to America when a child and educated in the Boston public schools. When seven years old she appeared at the Howard Athenæum in Boston, as the child of Metamora. Barney Fagan (January 12, 1850 - January 12, 1937) made his first professional appearance in his native city of Boston at the famous Howard Athenaeum in 1860, as the Cabin Boy in the "Pilot of Brest." He remained at
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Addingham


two-roomed cottage but another storey was added in 1805 when the school moved into the upper room. The school remained as it was until 1845 when it was replaced by the Church of England school (the 'Low School' in North Street in 1845). In 1874, on Chapel Street, the Wesleyans built a day school which in turn became the National School in 1891. This remained as the infant and junior school until the building of the First School and Middle schools in the 1960s. The First School,
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The New England Primer


The New England Primer was the first reading primer designed for the American Colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in 17th century colonial United States and it became the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s. In the 17th century, the schoolbooks in use had been Bibles brought over from England. By 1690, Boston publishers were reprinting the "English Protestant Tutor" under the title of "The New England Primer." The "Primer" included additional material that made it widely popular with colonial schools until it was
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Charles Kent (rugby union)


of the John Player Cup at Twickenham in 1976 when Park lost 23–14 to Gosforth. Kent made his England debut against Scotland in 1977, the same year that former school colleague Vic Marks, a decent scrum-half, made his England cricket debut. Kent scored a fine individual try against Scotland but made only four more international appearances before his medical workload saw him drop out of representative rugby. His last England appearance came as a replacement against France in 1978. Kent, a keen squash player and horseman, collapsed and died
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Goodhue County, Minnesota


Englanders and New England transplants from upstate New York the county was said to have a "distinctly New England character". While this was true of many neighboring counties it was considered exceptionally true of Goodhue County. The New Englanders brought with them many of their New England values, including a love of education and fervent support of the abolitionist movement. When the New Englanders arrived, they laid out farms, established post routes, and built schools and government buildings out of locally available materials. The New Englanders and their descendants made
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New England Small College Athletic Conference


fraternity system in 1855, when it was founded. Colby disbanded its fraternities and sororities in 1984. At Bowdoin, fraternities were phased out in 2000. Despite the lack of Greek life, NESCAC schools are widely known for a prominent drinking culture. Schools within the NESCAC conference have made institutional efforts to diversify student body, and attract and wide range of students to their institutions. Many schools in the NESCAC provide significant financial aid to help increase the enrollment of lower income and middle class students. Schools in the New England Small
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List of first-class cricket records


Shaw who played chiefly for Nottinghamshire and the All England Eleven between his first-class debut on 26 June 1865 against Surrey with a score of 9, which he did not surpass until scoring 15 in the second innings of his last match of 1870 for “Richard Daft’s XI” against the United North of England Eleven. This was equalled by Eric Hollies of Warwickshire and England between 20 July 1948, when he made 12 not out against Glamorgan, and 16 August 1950, when he made 14 against Nottinghamshire. Hollies also
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Harold Acton


lived for much of his life. The only modern furniture in the villa was in the nurseries, and that was disposed of when the children got older (Harold's younger brother William Acton was born in 1906). His early schooling was at Miss Penrose's private school in Florence. In 1913, his parents sent him to Wixenford Preparatory School near Reading in southern England, where Kenneth Clark was a fellow-pupil. By 1916 submarine attacks on shipping had made the journey to England unsafe and so Harold and his brother
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Banga Mahila Vidyalaya


girls’ schools. Such a school was set up as part of the Indian Reform Association. At that point of time, Bethune’s school was the only institution for girls’ in Kolkata, which Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan and other liberals were supporting. It was then that a second British woman, Annette Akroyd entered the scene. She had formed a deep friendship with Monomohun Ghosh in England and when Keshub Chunder Sen went to England and delivered his noted speech on , she made up her mind to travel to India
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Old Carbrook State School


the east of the school building and was built on low timber stumps with a timber shingled roof. The first Head Teacher, Horace Heywood, arrived from England in September 1877 and awaited a teacher's residence to be built before he asked his wife and family to join him. No accommodation was made available for him when he arrived, and he was forced to live with two bachelor brothers in filth and confusion ineffable in a small room which swarmed with fleas and bugs that bit me every night. During the Christmas holidays he
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Irving Fryar


, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Redskins of the NFL. Fryar grew up in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, and played high school football at Rancocas Valley Regional High School. An All-American for the University of Nebraska in 1983, Fryar played alongside Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier (running back) and Heisman finalist Turner Gill (quarterback). Fryar was the second wide receiver to be drafted first overall in the NFL Draft when the New England Patriots made him the top selection of the 1984 NFL Draft
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Sylvia Gore


Prescot Cables and encouraged her to take up the game. The headteacher of her school vetoed any participation in the school team but she joined Manchester Corinthians in her early teens. With Corinthians, Gore played in charity matches all over the world at a time when the Football Association (FA) had banned female players from its pitches. She said: In 1972, Gore paid around £2,000 to progress through a series of trials for the first England team. She was accepted onto the team and made history by scoring the team
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Sam Northeast


signing for Hampshire in February 2018, Northeast made his debut for the England Lions later in the month against the West Indies A in Antigua. Northeast was born in Ashford in Kent in 1989 and grew up in Walmer near Dover. He first came to prominence when as a 13-year-old schoolboy he scored 19 hundreds during 2003, 11 for Wellesley House School in Broadstairs, more than doubling the record for runs scored in a season for the school which had been set by Graham Cowdrey in 1977. He went on to Harrow
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Twyford Church of England Academies Trust


students. Ealing Fields High School opened in September 2016 as an independent school with Lee Faith as its head teacher and 120 year 7 students. After he left the school due to health concerns, the school was adopted into the Twyford Trust family of schools in September of 2017. The school is now made up of 360 students ranging from year 7 to year 9. Ada Lovelace Church of England High School was opened in September of 2018, originating with the first and second cohorts of students studying in the William Perkin Church of
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Ada Cherry Kearton


singing at her convent school in Durban and made her first public appearance at the South African Eisteddfod in Durban when she was 14. She went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London and subsequently studied under Charles Santley, Pietro Neri-Baraldi, and Henry Wood. A soprano, she made her London debut on 24 May 1907, at the Empire Day Concert in Queen's Hall. England was to become her home, although she returned to South Africa several times to perform, including a concert tour in
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Boston University School of Medicine


, former Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and founder of Morehouse School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is ranked 29th on the 2019 list of Best Medical Schools in the Best Research category by the "U.S. News & World Report". The New England Female Medical College was the first institution to medically train women, founded in 1848. The institution was reformed and renamed in 1873 when Boston University merged with the New England Female Medical College. In the autumn of 2010, BUSM's first year
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Carlton le Willows Academy


Carlton le Willows Academy is an 11–18 mixed, comprehensive secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England. It is part of the Greater Nottingham Education Trust. Recruiting its first pupils in 1953, on-site teaching was introduced in the following year and the school was officially opened in 1956. Consequently, the modern school speculates Carlton le Willows to have been founded as the first post-war grammar school in England. Its campus was split from 1962 when a separate secondary technical school, Carlton le
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Petrus Jeftha


not suffer because when it was of season for rugby Petrus still played cricket. In 2009 Petrus made his first class debut for Boland. In 2010 Boland offered him a cricket South Africa contract. His contract has been renewed thus making him still a representative of Boland, making this his third year as a Boland player. In 2012 Petrus received an offer from Oundle Town Cricket Club to play and coach the club as well as to coach one of the most renowned schools in England, Oundle School. He did not disappoint Oundle
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Robert Blackburn (aviation pioneer)


Robert Blackburn, OBE, FRAeS (26 March 1885 – 10 September 1955) was an English aviation pioneer and the founder of Blackburn Aircraft. Blackburn was born in Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He attended Leeds Modern School and graduated in engineering at the University of Leeds, and built his first aircraft, a monoplane, in 1909. He made his first short flight on the sandy beach at Filey in the spring of 1909. The aircraft was badly damaged in 1910 when he attempted to make a turn. He
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Teal Bunbury


men's soccer team. At the age of two, he left Canada to travel with his family, at first to England, where the elder Bunbury played briefly, and then to Portugal. When he was 10 years old, he moved to the United States with his family and has lived there since. He grew up in Prior Lake, Minnesota and attended Shattuck-St. Mary's High School. Bunbury's first club was Apple Valley Juventus, followed by college soccer at the University of Akron. He made a
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Joseph G. McKenna


Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, the first Christian Brothers school in New England. He served as principal there until 1963. McKenna returned to Iona College in 1963, and served there as vice president until 1965, when he became the college's 5th president. Under his leadership, the college notably changed from an all-male institution to a coeducational college. The decision, made by the college's board of trustees, was announced by McKenna in November 1968. The change in policy, which would take effect with the first
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Walter Sugg


Walter Sugg (21 May 1860 – 21 May 1933) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire in 1881, and for Derbyshire from 1884 until 1902. Sugg was born at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, the son of a Sheffield solicitor and was himself a solicitor's clerk. He was educated at Sheffield Grammar School. He first played for Yorkshire in 1881 against Kent when he made 9 runs in his only innings. In 1884, Sugg joined Derbyshire and went on to play 128 games for the
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Don White (rugby union)


Donald Frederick White (born 16 January 1926 in Earls Barton, England, died 21 April 2007) was an English rugby union footballer and coach. He was England's first national coach from 1969 until 1971, finishing with a record of three wins and a draw from 11 matches. He was educated at Wellingborough Grammar School and at the age of 17 made his debut for Northampton, playing at prop. He made his Test debut for England in 1947 against Wales as flanker. He played 13 more matches for England, his
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Buckingham Browne & Nichols School


and white as its colors after the article. The Buckingham School's colors, blue and gold, were made the combined school's colors after the merger. The school was the first American schoolboy crew to win the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England, winning the Thames Challenge Cup in 1929. The Washington Post commented: "The Thames Challenge Cup, prize of England's famous rowing tournament, was captured today by eight young thumbnail In 2004, the boys' varsity soccer team, led by head
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University of Massachusetts School of Law


first proposed in early 2004. The plan would establish the first public law school in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and only the fifth public law school in New England. The Trustees of the University of Massachusetts system voted in favor of the proposal in December 2004, but the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education rejected it in early 2005 as fiscally unsound. The proposal was brought again in October 2009, when Southern New England School of Law offered to donate real estate, facility, technology and library assets to UMass Dartmouth for the purpose of
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Archbishop Tenison's Church of England schools


Archbishop Tenison's School is the name of two extant, historic British schools located in South London, England, named after their founder, Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Tenison: A girls' school was formally established in 1706 for 12 girls and in 1863 a new school building was erected at 18 Lambeth High Street. The girls school closed in 1961, when it amalgamated with Archbishop Temple's Boys School (202 Lambeth Road) to form a mixed VA school. The building was used by Temple's as a first-year
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List of international cricket centuries at Bourda


Bourda is a sports ground in Georgetown, Guyana, it has a capacity of 25,000. The ground have been hosted 30 Test cricket since 1930 when West Indies played England for the first time. 11 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been hosted, where the first of which was in 1988 when West Indies played Pakistan. England opener Clifford Roach became the first man to score a Test century at Bourda when he made 209 against England in 1930. The score of 259 by Kiwi Glenn Turner against Windies in 1972 still stands
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Dan Wakeham


Dan Wakeham (born 12 November 1981 in Plymouth, England) is a British professional snowboarder. Wakeham started snowboarding on Plymouth dryslope when he was 14. He was sponsored by Santa Cruz Snowboards by the age of 15. When leaving school at the age of 17 Wakeham spent his first season in Flaine, France where he worked as a shaper in the snowboard park. In 2003 a decision was made to join the GB team and set his target to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2004 Wakeham signed a pro deal
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Edward Tylecote


Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote (23 June 1849 – 15 March 1938) was an English cricketer. He was born in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire and was educated at Clifton College and played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent. He also played six Test matches for England. His career lasted from 1869 to 1886. When he was 19, Tylecote set the then record for the highest score ever made in a cricket match when playing in a school match at Clifton College; he was playing for the Classicals against the Moderns
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Redvers Kyle


dramatic productions including "Boy with a Cart", which won him an award at a national drama festival. Kyle emigrated to England in August 1952, and spent a year as a primary school teacher in south London before becoming a freelance radio and television broadcaster. His involvement with ITV began in its first month - September 1955 - when he appeared on a Sunday afternoon series for ATV. He also made early contributions to ITN, providing commentary to news film. His career as a continuity announcer began when he joined Associated-
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Vikram Solanki


, a world record for the first wicket in ODIs, and England were crushed as Sri Lanka scored 324/2 to win by eight wickets in just 37.3 overs. Solanki made history against Australia in 2005 when he became the first supersub in a One Day International, replacing Simon Jones to strengthen England's tail after a batting collapse; coming to the crease at no.8 with England 93/6, Solanki made 53 not out. He also took part in the final two matches of England's time in the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship, replacing the
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J. G. Greig


in 1902 he scored 204, the first double hundred made on Indian soil. In December 1915 in a match styled India v England, he hit 216 which resulted in a win of an innings and 263 runs for England. Greig served as a selector when the All India side was chosen for their first official tour to England in 1911. At Hampshire, he was a player, secretary and the president. He first represented them in 1901 when he was on leave from the army. The highest of his ten Hampshire hundreds
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Theale Green School


LSU) in England. In 1993 the school won a national competition to achieve funding under the governments Technology Schools Initiative (the precursor to Specialist Schools) and one year later, when the Specialist schools programme began, the school was designated as an Arts college, one of the first four in England, developing an outstanding reputation for technology and arts education recognised in subsequent OFSTED Reports. In 2002 Gittins became the government's lead advisor on improving behaviour and attendance in schools and Sue Marshall was appointed headteacher, moving from the neighbouring
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History of the England national rugby union team


The History of the England national rugby union team covers the period since 1871, when the England national rugby union team played Scotland in the first ever rugby union international. The game of rugby union developed out of the game of football that was played at Rugby School from the mid-18th century. In the first half of the 19th century, the game began to spread, as ex-pupils of Rugby, and other public schools, introduced it into the universities. At Cambridge University, in 1839, a game was organised between
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Jos Buttler


at King's College, Taunton in 2008. The following season, his school lost only one of seventeen matches under his captaincy and he was named 2010 "Young Wisden" Schools Cricketer of the Year. He made his Somerset first-team debut in 2009 after having played age-group cricket for the county. His performances led him to be selected to play for England at Under-19 level before he made his senior England debut in 2011 and his Test debut in 2014. Born in Taunton, Somerset in 1990, Buttler was
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Frome


the Town Hall, the Football Club and Frome Medical Practice. Frome has thirteen first schools for pupils aged between 4 and 9 years, including Berkley Church of England First School, Christ Church Church of England First School, Hayesdown First School, St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, St Louis Catholic Primary School, Trinity Church of England First School and Vallis First School. There are two middle schools for pupils between 9 and 13 years of age: Oakfield Middle School and Selwood Anglican/Methodist Middle School.
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Henry Marshal (cricketer)


Henry Worgan Marshal, (27 June 1900 at Santa Maria, Colombia – 6 January 1970 at Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, England) played cricket in first-class matches for Argentina against touring sides from England, and for the South American team that toured England in 1932. He also represented Argentina in non-first-class international matches against Chile. Educated at Oundle School, Marshal was a right-handed opening batsman, and also acted as wicketkeeper in several of his first-class matches. He made his first-class
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West Indian cricket team in England in 1933


wickets for 56, but Roach made 64 and Constantine the same number, and the match was left drawn when the West Indies second innings ended. An experimental England side under the captaincy of Bob Wyatt was reliant on 107 from Fred Bakewell, made out of 194. Charlie Barnett, with 52 in his first Test, then put on 95 in 85 minutes for the eighth wicket with Stan Nichols, who made 49. When West Indies batted, only debutant Sealey, with 29, made much of the bowling of Clark,
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John Clayton (rugby union)


John Clayton was a rugby union international who represented England in the first international in 1871. John Clayton was born on 24 August 1848 in Liverpool. He attended Rugby School. Clayton had played rugby football at school and went on to play for Liverpool. He made his international debut on 27 March 1871 at Edinburgh in the first international match and first meeting between Scotland and England match. He was one of ten Old Rugbeians playing in that match. Clayton worked as a cotton broker, based in Liverpool. He was active in
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Joe Baker


moved to Raith Rovers in 1972. He retired in 1974, having in all scored 301 league goals in 507 games. Baker's talents meant that he was selected by the Scottish Schools team, but his birthplace made him only eligible to play for England under the rules of the time; "I was the first Scottish League player to play for England and it was a hard thing to take because I was a Scot, as far as I was concerned." He made his England debut against Northern Ireland in 1959,
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The Singing Street


The Singing Street, is a short film made in 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland and first shown in 1951. It was made by a group of teachers from Norton Park School, who filmed some of their pupils playing street games, accompanied by traditional children's songs, at various locations in the city. It documented an oral tradition which has all but vanished in the half century since it was made. Norton Park was an inner-city Junior Secondary School (equivalent to a Secondary Modern School in England at the time)
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Frank Silcock (cricketer)


first-class matches between 1889–1892. Silcock was born at Sawbridgeworth. He began playing cricket at the age of seventeen and was originally a saddler by profession. Playing as an all-rounder, he made his debut in first-class cricket for a United England Eleven against an All-England Eleven at Lord's in 1864. He was employed as a cricket coach by several notable public schools, starting with Uppingham in 1864. In April and May 1865, he was employed by Felsted School, while from June–August
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Ruth B. Love


experiences in Ghana and England. Love was an exchange teacher sent to England in 1961. In November 1975, Love was appointed Superintendent of Schools for the Oakland Public School district after the assassination of superintendent Marcus Foster, who served as the first African–American to head the district. The school district at the time was made up of 55,000 students and $125 million budget. As superintendent, Love was signed to a $49,000 a–year contract. Love held that position for six years before resigning and accepting the job
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Richard Dawson (cricketer)


Richard Kevin James Dawson (born 4 August 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer, who played primarily as an off-spinner. Born 4 August 1980, Doncaster, Yorkshire, Dawson attended Batley Grammar School and Exeter University. He played for the England Under-19 side against New Zealand in 1998/99 and Australia in 1999, and made his first-class debut for British Universities against the touring Zimbabweans the following summer. He first appeared for Yorkshire in 2001. He made
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William Hemingway


William McGregor Hemingway (12 November 1873 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England – 11 February 1967 Paignton, Devon, England) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and Cambridge University from 1893 to 1900. In June 1888, Hemingway made his first appearance for Uppingham School before going up to King's College, Cambridge. He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in a County Championship match against Nottinghamshire in June, 1893. His highest score of 104 was scored in a match against Cambridge University in May 1895
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William Shalders


Test, when South Africa took a first-innings lead of 65 over Australia only to lose by 159 runs. He made a valuable 38 when South Africa beat England by one wicket in the 1905-06 series. He toured England with the South African team in 1901, 1904 and 1907, playing 58 of his 88 first-class matches in England and scoring his two first-class centuries. In 1901 he was the South Africans' second-highest run-scorer, with 782 runs at an average of 30.07
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Geoff Cope


early age with Leeds Zingari and then for Leeds Cricket Club in the Yorkshire League. He played for the club for 25 years. He played for England Schools and then, in 1964, for Yorkshire Second XI. He made his debut for the first team against Hampshire at Bradford Park Avenue with Ray Illingworth on Test duty. Despite taking 40 wickets at 13.82 in 1967, he did not earn a regular first team place until 1969, when Illingworth moved to captain Leicestershire. He won his Yorkshire cap in 1970, but was
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Fitzwater Wray


While still at boarding-school I revolted from the orthodox Christianity (sub-section Dissent) into which I was born and brought up... So I have never been since (to Church), except to temples not made with hands". He hired his first bicycle, a safety bicycle with solid tyres, when he was 17 in 1887 His first ride was from Bradford to Otley and back. At his father’s insistence he then set out to tour England, an experience his father thought useful before his son started
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Equal Suffrage League (St. Louis)


suffrage came to Missouri, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The movement gained momentum when Ethel Arnold, a well known suffragette leader in England, made her first tour of America in 1910. A few women in St. Louis (among whom there was Amabel Anderson Arnold, director of the Woman's Department at the University of Chicago Law School, the first woman holding such office in the United States) organized a visit for Edith Arnold to the city and raised funds to cover her charge
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