Blundell's School
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Blundell's School is a British public school, located in Tiverton in the county of Devon. It was founded by Peter Blundell in 1604.
Notable alumni
- Richard Newte (c.1613–1678), clergyman
- John Newte (1656–1716), clergyman
- Richard Venn (1691–1739), clergyman
- Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693–1759), impostor and swindler
- Thomas Hayter (c.1702–1762), Bishop of Norwich, 1749–1761, and Bishop of London, 1761–1762
- Benjamin Incledon (c.1730–1796), Devon antiquary and genealogist
- Richard Beadon (1737–1824), Archdeacon of London, 1775–1789, Bishop of Gloucester, 1789–1802, and Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1802–1824
- Martin Dunsford (1744–1807), serge maker and antiquary
- Stephen Weston (1747–1830), antiquary and classicist
- John Rendle (1758–1815), classicist
- Thomas Northmore (c.1766–1851), geologist and writer
- George Richards (c.1767–1837), poet and clergyman
- Sir Matthew Wood (1768–1843), druggist, politician, and Lord Mayor of London, 1815–1816
- John Penrose (1778–1859), theologian
- William Buckland (1784–1856), Reader in Mineralogy, University of Oxford, 1813–1850, Reader in Geology, University of Oxford, 1818–1850, and Dean of Westminster, 1845–1850
- Lieutenant-Colonel William Harding (1792–1886), antiquary and soldier
- Sir John Jeremie (1795–1841), Chief Justice of Saint Lucia, 1824–1831, Governor of Sierra Leone, 1840–1841, and anti-slavery campaigner
- Jack Russell (1795–1883), clergyman, huntsman, and breeder of the Jack Russell Terrier
- Walter Farquhar Hook (1798–1875), Vicar of Coventry, 1828–1837, Vicar of Leeds, 1837–1859, and Dean of Chichester, 1858–1875
- Henry Boase (1799–1883), geologist and chemist
- Abraham Hayward (1801–1884), barrister, essayist and translator
- James Jeremie (1802–1872), Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1850–1870, and Dean of Lincoln, 1864–1872
- Richard Hoblyn (1803–1886), scientific writer
- Alexander Knox (1818–1891), journalist and police magistrate
- Frederick Temple (1821–1902), Headmaster of Rugby School, 1857–1869, Bishop of Exeter, 1869–1885, Bishop of London, 1885–1896, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1896–1902
- R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900), novelist
- Brevet Colonel Charles Cornwallis Chesney (1826–1876), military historian
- General Sir George Chesney (1830–1895), soldier
- Samuel Reynolds (1831–1897), clergyman and journalist
- James Body (1840–1911), clergyman
- Edward Hillier (1857–1924), Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation representative in Peking, 1891–1924
- Morris Travers (1872–1961), chemist
- Eric Gill (1882–1940), typeface designer, sculptor, draughtsman, wood engraver, and social critic
- Sir John Squire (1884–1958), poet and literary editor
- A.V. Hill (1886–1977), Foulerton Research Professor in Physiology, Royal Society, 1926–1951, and Nobel laureate
- C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953), philosopher and broadcaster
- Frederick Le Gros Clark (1892–1977), social and industrial reformer
- Vernon Bartlett (1894–1983), journalist and broadcaster
- Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895–1971), Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy, University of Oxford, 1934–1962
- Sir Rex Niven (1898–1993), Senior Resident in Nigeria, 1947–1954, and President and Speaker of the Northern House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1952–1959
- Sir Gordon Newton (1907–1998), Editor, Financial Times, 1949–1972
- Sir Stephen Spender (1909–1995), poet
- Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958), humorist and creator of Nigel Molesworth
- G. W. H. Lampe (1912–1980), Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham, 1953–1959, Ely Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1959–1970, and Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1970–1979
- General Sir Walter Walker (1912–2001), General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division, 1959–1965, and Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Northern Europe, 1969–1972
- Sir Giles Bullard (1926–1992), diplomat
- Michael Shanks (1927–1984), journalist and economist
- Clem Thomas (1929–1996), Wales rugby player
External links
- Blundell's School website (http://www.blundells.org/)
- 2001 UK:Independent Schools Inspectorate Report (http://www.isinspect.org.uk/reports/2001/0126_01.htm)
- Current Information from UK:Independent Schools Council (http://www.iscis.uk.net/schools/data.asp?ref=0126)