Information about King's Scholar
A King's Scholar is a scholar of Eton College, who has passed the King's Scholarship Examinations and is therefore admitted into a house, College, which is the oldest Eton house and comprised solely of King's Scholars. There are, at any one time, around 70 King's Scholars, and they are distinguished by the black gown which they wear. The other pupils at the school, more than 1200 of them, all boys, are known as Oppidans.
In the past this gown has been the basis of the nickname "Tugs" (said to be from the Latin "gens togata", i.e. "toga'd race"), although this particular slice of Eton argot has all but faded away in recent years.
As there are 70 King's Scholars, and they are in College for 5 years, approx. 14 are admitted per year (a Block in Eton argot), and share every aspect of school life with the Oppidans (or Etonians who have entered Eton via Common Entrance), including lessons and school sport. They also have the privileged position of eating all their meals in College Hall, the old central hub of the school which has seen many distinguished diners in its long history including Elizabeth I. One other difference is that Collegers usually play the wall game in the winter term for the full 5 years, while Oppidans tend only to play it in their last year.
They also live in the central area of the school in School Yard, the fulcrum around which the school revolves, where both Eton College Chapel and Lupton's Tower are situated. The boarding houses in which Collegers live are known as New Buildings and Chamber. Chamber, the older section, includes rooms which look out onto School Yard, while New Buildings is on the reverse side and contains the majority of the boys' living spaces.
King's Scholars have the letters KS attached to their surnames in the school lists. Oppidans who have distinguished themselves academically are called Oppidan Scholars - they receive no financial benefit, but have OS attached to their surnames in the school lists.
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In the past this gown has been the basis of the nickname "Tugs" (said to be from the Latin "gens togata", i.e. "toga'd race"), although this particular slice of Eton argot has all but faded away in recent years.
As there are 70 King's Scholars, and they are in College for 5 years, approx. 14 are admitted per year (a Block in Eton argot), and share every aspect of school life with the Oppidans (or Etonians who have entered Eton via Common Entrance), including lessons and school sport. They also have the privileged position of eating all their meals in College Hall, the old central hub of the school which has seen many distinguished diners in its long history including Elizabeth I. One other difference is that Collegers usually play the wall game in the winter term for the full 5 years, while Oppidans tend only to play it in their last year.
They also live in the central area of the school in School Yard, the fulcrum around which the school revolves, where both Eton College Chapel and Lupton's Tower are situated. The boarding houses in which Collegers live are known as New Buildings and Chamber. Chamber, the older section, includes rooms which look out onto School Yard, while New Buildings is on the reverse side and contains the majority of the boys' living spaces.
King's Scholars have the letters KS attached to their surnames in the school lists. Oppidans who have distinguished themselves academically are called Oppidan Scholars - they receive no financial benefit, but have OS attached to their surnames in the school lists.
King's Scholars at King's College Cambridge
The term King's Scholar is also used for those who obtain firsts at King's College Cambridge, who receive a small prize. This is a historical hang-over from scholarships endowed by the college's founder. (King's College Cambridge and Eton College were both founded by Henry VI, and are sister colleges.) At King's it is rumoured that the right to use K.S. after a name is a privilege of King's Scholars, but the legal status of this is not clear.Famous ex-King's Scholars
- Harold Macmillan (later 1st Earl Of Stockton)
- Boris Johnson MP
- Eric Arthur Blair (pen name George Orwell)
- Aldous Huxley
- Douglas Hurd (Baron Hurd of Westwell)
- John Maynard Keynes
- Sir Robert Walpole
- Lord Hailsham
- Julian Huxley
- Alfred Ayer
- J. B. S. Haldane
- Peter Warlock (composer)
- Richard Porson
- Cyril Connolly
- Cuthbert Ottaway (first England soccer captain and all-round athlete)
- Charles Moore (Journalist)
- Arthur Rhys Davids D.S.O., M.C. With bar.(First World War flying ace)
- Ralph Dominic Gamble M.C. (Army Officer)
- John Paul Morrison (Inventor/discoverer of Flow-based programming)
- James Kenneth Stephen (Poet and suspect in the Jack the Ripper case)
- Stephen Wolfram (creator of Mathematica)
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King's College of Our Lady of Eton
Motto Floreat Etona
(May Eton Flourish)
Established 1440
Type Public School
Religious affiliation Anglican
Head Master Anthony Little
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Motto Floreat Etona
(May Eton Flourish)
Established 1440
Type Public School
Religious affiliation Anglican
Head Master Anthony Little
Provost
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Eton wall game originated at Eton College. It has similarities to both the modern sports of rugby union and football.
It is played on a strip of ground 5 metres wide and 110 metres long next to a slightly curved brick wall (which was erected in 1717).
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It is played on a strip of ground 5 metres wide and 110 metres long next to a slightly curved brick wall (which was erected in 1717).
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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964, New York City)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician, journalist and former editor of The Spectator.
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Eric Arthur Blair
Pseudonym: George Orwell
Born: May 25 1903
Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21 1950 (aged 48)
London, United Kingdom
Occupation: Writer; author, journalist
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Pseudonym: George Orwell
Born: May 25 1903
Motihari, Bihar, India
Died: January 21 1950 (aged 48)
London, United Kingdom
Occupation: Writer; author, journalist
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Aldous Huxley
Born: July 26 1894
Surrey, England
Died: November 22 1963 (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation: Writer; author
Influences: Swami Prabhavananda, J. Krishnamurti, F.
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Born: July 26 1894
Surrey, England
Died: November 22 1963 (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation: Writer; author
Influences: Swami Prabhavananda, J. Krishnamurti, F.
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Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born 8 March 1930), is a senior British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995.
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John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (pronounced "cains", IPA /keɪnz/) (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist whose ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a major impact on modern economic and
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, (commonly known as Robert Walpole, or Sir Robert Walpole) KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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Viscount Hailsham, of Hailsham in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1929 for the lawyer and Conservative politician Douglas Hogg, who twice served as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.
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Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS (22 June 1887–14 February 1975) was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist.
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J. B. S. Haldane
J. B. S. Haldane
Born November 5 1892
Oxford, England
Died November 1 1964 (aged 72)
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J. B. S. Haldane
Born November 5 1892
Oxford, England
Died November 1 1964 (aged 72)
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Peter Warlock was a pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine (October 30, 1894 - December 17, 1930), an Anglo-Welsh composer and music critic. Although he used his own name when writing as a music critic, he composed under the pseudonym "Peter Warlock" and is now better known by
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Richard Porson (25 December 1759 – 25 September 1808), was an English classical scholar.
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Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 - 26 November 1974) was an English intellectual.
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Cyril Connolly was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, the only child of Matthew William Kemble Connolly, an officer in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, by his wife Muriel..... Click the link for more information.
Cuthbert John Ottaway (July 19, 1850 - April 2, 1878), one of the most talented and versatile sportsmen of the 1870s, was the first captain of the England Football team and led his side in the earliest full international football match ever played.
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Charles Moore (born 31 October 1956) is a British journalist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph (1995-2003).
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied history and was a friend of Oliver Letwin.
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He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied history and was a friend of Oliver Letwin.
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Arthur Percival Foley Rhys Davids, DSO, MC and bar (September 26, 1897 - October 27, 1917) was a pilot during the First World War.
He was the only son of Thomas William Rhys Davids and Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, eminent Pali Scholars.
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He was the only son of Thomas William Rhys Davids and Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, eminent Pali Scholars.
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Captain Ralph Dominic Gamble was born in Simla (Now Shimla, India in 1897. The second child and the only son of Sir Reginald Arthur Gamble.
His grandfather had been Dominic Jacotin Gamble, a veteran of the Crimean War and campaigns in New Zealand.
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His grandfather had been Dominic Jacotin Gamble, a veteran of the Crimean War and campaigns in New Zealand.
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John Paul Morrison (born John Paul Rodker on 30 July, 1937) is a British-born Canadian computer programmer, and the inventor of flow-based programming (FBP). He is the author of the book Flow-Based Programming: A New Approach to Application Development[1]
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In computer science, flow-based programming (FBP) is a programming paradigm that defines applications as networks of "black box" processes, which exchange data across predefined connections.
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James Kenneth Stephen (February 25, 1859 – February 3, 1892), poet and tutor to Prince Albert Victor ("Eddy"), Duke of Clarence and
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James Kenneth Stephen (February 25, 1859 – February 3, 1892), poet and tutor to Prince Albert Victor ("Eddy"), Duke of Clarence and
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Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London, England in the latter half of 1888.
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Stephen Wolfram
Born July 29 1959
London, England, UK
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Born July 29 1959
London, England, UK
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Maintainer: Wolfram Research
OS: Cross-platform (list)
Use: Computer algebra, numerical computations, Information visualization, statistics, user interface creation
License: Proprietary
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