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Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging 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.
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Learn about the history of Rugby School, the 'home of the game' and a former public school founded in 1567. Discover how it was influenced by Thomas Arnold, Dr Thomas Hughes, and Pierre de Coubertin, and how it shaped the modern Olympic Games. Explore its chapels, monuments, and traditions.
Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 14–18) 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.
Rugby School is an English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18 in Rugby, Warwickshire. It was founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. [1] The game of rugby football was invented at the school.
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Although Rugby School (pictured) became famous due to a version that rugby football was invented there in 1823, most sports historians refuse this version stating it is apocryphal Plaque at the Rugby School in memory of William Webb Ellis. It reads:
