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Dulwich College is a 2–18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars.
(Top) History. 1619: Foundation: The College of God's Gift at Dulwich. 1808: Dulwich College Building Act. 1842: The Grammar School of the College of God's Gift. 1857: Alleyn's College of God's Gift. 1882: Dulwich College separated from Alleyn's School. 1995 reconstitution. Leadership. Masters of the College of God's Gift. Chairmen of the Governors
A Brief History of Dulwich College. During the summer of 1605, at the age of 38, Edward Alleyn began to negotiate with Sir Francis Calton, a member of a prominent City goldsmith’s family who was knighted in 1605 and became Lord Mayor in 1612, for the manor of Dulwich, including ‘the wodes upon the waste’. Calton’s grandfather Thomas had ...
The number of prestigious writers who have emerged from Dulwich over the years is a testament to the importance of English at the College. Our founder, Edward Alleyn, was an associate of William Shakespeare during one of the most inspired periods of literary history and enshrined his love of the written word in his instructions to teach, ‘wryting, reading and grammar’ as core subjects.
History. Dulwich College was founded by Edward Alleyn on June 21st 1619, with letters patent from King James I. This magnificent document with the Great Seal of England still survives. Alleyn was an actor and an entrepreneur in the world of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, a colourful and famous figure of his day. Edward Alleyn bought the ...
Having completed his education he went on to become Assistant Master from 1962 to 1965 at Dulwich College, the school he would later head. He then went on to Manchester Grammar School until 1969 when he took up the post as Head of Classics at Bristol Grammar School, a position he held until 1976.
In order to provide education for the boys of Dulwich, in 1741 he made over to the college six houses near the gravel pits of Kensington that he had bought in 1737, the rents from which were to be used to establish two small schools in Dulwich, to be known as the Dulwich Free School, first set up in a local tavern. One where boys would be ...
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