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Births: Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay), novelist and diarist,
1752; Thomas Young, translator of the demotic inscriptions of the
Rosetta Stone, 1773; Dr Thomas Arnold, Head of Rugby School, 1795;
James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, 1831; Catherine ("Skittles")
Walters, courtesan, 1839; Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, inventor of
the steam turbine, 1854; William Butler Yeats, poet, 1865;
Elisabeth Schumann, operatic soprano, 1885; Dorothy Leigh Sayers,
thriller writer and playwright, 1893. Deaths: Al...
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; Births: Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay), novelist and diarist, 1752; Thomas Young, linguist and physicist, translator of the demotic inscriptions of the Rosetta Stone, 1773; Dr Thomas Arnold, Head of Rugby School, 1795; James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, 1831; Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, inventor of
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Stephen Fry is new Rugby School head; But only for six days during filming of drama.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; Byline: ANNETTE MORGAN ACTOR Stephen Fry is heading into Warwickshire next week to star in a new television drama. He will spend six days filming scenes at Rugby School for a new adaptation of the Thomas Hughes classic, Tom Brown's Schooldays. Fry, whose previous starring roles have included
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New head at Rugby School.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; RUGBY School has appointed a new headmaster to replace Michael Mavor who officially leaves next autumn. Patrick Derham, aged 41, takes up the post on September 1. Mr Derham has been head of Solihull School for five years and was formerly head of history and house master at Radley College, near
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New head sought for Rugby School; Mavor going back to his alma mater.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; THE head teacher of Rugby School is leaving the highly acclaimed public school - to become head of the school he attended as a child. Michael Mavor (left) announced his resignation yesterday and the search is now on to find a suitable replacement. Mr Mavor, aged 53, will take up his appointment at
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Brain power wins duo Rugby School scholarships.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; TWO Lawrence Sheriff School pupils put their brains to the test and won scholarships to study at Rugby School. Year eight pupils Jonathan Frankton and Daniel Jones are celebrating after passing the scholarship examinations to the public school. Jonathan has been offered a major, meaning all his
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