Edward Thring (1821-1887) was a celebrated British educationist. He was born at Alford Rectory, Somerset. 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
Thring was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he obtained a Fellowship. He entered the Church, and served in various curacies till in 1853 he began his true lifework by an appointment to the head-mastership of Uppingham School, which he raised to a high state of efficiency, and stamped with the qualities of his own strong personality, as did Thomas Arnold at Rugby. Eton can refer to several things: Eton, Berkshire, a town in England. ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Uppingham School is an English public school in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland. ... Thomas Arnold (June 13, 1795 - June 12, 1842) was a famous schoolmaster, head of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. ... Rugby might refer to the sport called rugby: Rugby football Rugby league Rugby union Touch Rugby Tag Rugby Wheelchair Rugby Rugby is also the name of several places: Rugby, Warwickshire (England) within the Borough of Rugby Rugby, North Dakota Rugby, Tennessee Rugby, Brooklyn Rugby may also refer to: Rugby School...
Thring published various educational works, "The Theory and Practice of Teaching," "Addresses," "Poems and Translations," etc.
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EDWARDTHRING (1821-1887), English schoolmaster, was the son of John Gale Dalton Thring, rector of Alford, Somerset, and was born on the 19th of November 1821.
Edward was educated first at Ilminster grammar school and afterwards at Eton, where he became head of the school, and Captain of Montem in 1841, the last occasion on which that ancient festival was celebrated.
Thring found only twenty-five boys in it, but he succeeded in raising it, both in numbers and repute, to a position in the first rank among English public schools.
EdwardThring is one of those great spirits whose life is a source of faith, of inspiration, of light, and of life itself to whoever will think upon it.
Thring was apparently not a student of pedagogical literature, and for this reason a few comparisons between him and some of the great men who were his forerunners in educational reform are interesting.
Thring had the great power of awakening in the boys' hearts enthusiasm for the good, and hence it came to be said that having been to Uppingham was, in after life, a guarantee of good character.
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