Montgomery Bell Academy (often referred to as MBA) is a preparatory day school for boys in grades 7 through 12 in Nashville, Tennessee. “Nashville” redirects here. ...

The school ideal is "Gentlemen, Scholar, Athlete." Montgomery Bell Academy is noted for a large number of National Merit and other scholarship winners. Like many traditional prep schools, MBA is governed by an honor code, which has been run by the student body since 1945. The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is a multiple choice standardized test generally taken by high school juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in the United States. ... A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school) is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... An honor code or honor system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. ...

History

The Ball Building, and the Massey Building.

The Patrick Wilson Library.

MBA was established in the 1867 in the aftermath of the American Civil War. It is the successor to two well-known schools, the Western Military Institute, which Sam Davis, the "Boy Hero of the Confederacy", attended, and the former University of Nashville. The school's board still operates under the corporate title, "Board of Trustees of the University of Nashville", although that institution was otherwise disbanded in the early 20th century. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 798 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1095 × 823 pixel, file size: 456 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Patrick Wilson Library at Montgomery Bell Academy Author: Wikimachine File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 798 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1095 × 823 pixel, file size: 456 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Patrick Wilson Library at Montgomery Bell Academy Author: Wikimachine File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... The Western Military Institute was a preparatory school and college located first in Kentucky, then in Tennessee. ... Sam Davis (1845–1863) is called the Boy Hero of the Confederacy. ... In an effort to create a southern teachers college, the grounds and buildings of the University of Nashville were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1909. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

From 1870 to 1875, former Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith was the chancellor of the University of Nashville, which operated both a two year college operating as the University of Nashville, and MBA, the preparatory high school and grammar school. In 1875 a financial crisis and a timely donation from the Peabody Fund caused an organizational separation of the university and the preparatory school. The university was operated under a new board of trustees and used the proceeds of the Peabody Fund to operate the university under the name of Peabody Normal College, later called the George Peabody College for Teachers. The board of trustees of the University of Nashville continued to operate MBA as a preparatory school. Portrait of Edmund Kirby Smith during the Civil War Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824 – March 28, 1893) was a career U.S. Army officer, an educator, and a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the... In an effort to create a southern teachers college, the grounds and buildings of the University of Nashville were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1909. ... In an effort to create a southern teachers college, the grounds and buildings of the University of Nashville were donated to the George Peabody College for Teachers in 1909. ...

In 1881, the campus of MBA was moved to an estate which was at the time well west of downtown Nashville which was previously known as "Totomoi". The military nature of one of the predecessors notwithstanding, under its current name it has always operated as a civilian institution, as a day school rather than a boarding school. The school is named in honor of Montgomery Bell, a Pennsylvania native who made his fortune as the early 19th century "ironmaster" of Middle Tennessee and whose will endowed it, with the stipulation that it forever be an all-male institution. That this practice has survived into the 21st century has proved to be quite startling to some, but in recent decades there has been little local sentiment in favor of a change since a number of excellent girls-only and coeducational academic options have developed in Nashville. Probably more of its graduates go on to attend Vanderbilt (down to 7% in recent years) than any other university, but no single institution of higher learning attracts a very large proportion of the graduates. Montgomery Bell (January 3, 1769, Chester County, Pennsylvania – April 1, 1855, Dickson County, Tennessee) was a manufacturing entrepreneur who was crucial to the economic development of early Middle Tennessee. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Largest metro area Delaware Valley Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Middle Tennessee is a distinct portion of the state of Tennessee, delineated according to law as well as custom. ... 20XX redirects here. ... Vanderbilt University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in Nashville, Tennessee. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ...

The 1989 motion picture Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams, depicts a school patterned on Montgomery Bell Academy. The Alumni Department of Montgomery Bell Academy, according to a website [1] about the film, has stated: Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Dead Poets Society is an Academy Award-winning 1989 film, directed by Peter Weir. ... For other persons named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ...

The screenplay for the movie Dead Poets Society was written by Mr. Thomas Schulman, a 1968 graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy. The teacher, portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie, was based on one of Mr. Schulman's teachers during his time as a student at MBA, Mr. Sam Pickering. The events in the movie, however, are fictional.

MBA also has extensive exchange links with other boys' schools throughout the English-speaking world; arrangements are in place with Eton College and Winchester College in England, Kearsney College and Michaelhouse in South Africa, and The Southport School and The King's School in Australia. Dead Poets Society is an Academy Award-winning 1989 film, directed by Peter Weir. ... Tom Schulman (born 1951 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989. ... For other persons named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation). ... Samuel F. Pickering Jr. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. It is located in Eton, near Windsor in England, north of Windsor Castle, and... Winchester College is a well-known boys independent school, and an example of an English public school, in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, England. ... Kearsney College is a private boarding school for boys located in Bothas Hill, a small town that lies between the provincial capital of Pietermaritzburg and Durban, the largest city of KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa. ... Michaelhouse is a private full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. ... The Southport School (TSS), founded in 1901, is an all boys, Anglican day and boarding school located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ...

Racial desegregation was very late in coming to MBA, as it was to many similar Southern prep schools; the school was all white as late as the 1970s. Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ... The U.S. Southern states or the South, also known colloquially as Dixie, constitute a distinctive region covering a large portion of the United States, with its own unique heritage, historical perspective, customs, musical styles, and cuisine. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

Athletics

Tennessee Super Prep Conference

• Baylor School
• Brentwood Academy
• Briarcrest Christian School
• Christian Brothers High School (Memphis)
• Father Ryan High School
• McCallie School
• Memphis University School
• Montgomery Bell Academy

Baylor School is a co-educational private secondary school on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... Brentwood Academy is a college preparatory school with a campus located in Brentwood, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. ... Briarcrest Christian school is a college preparatory school with 3 campuses located in Memphis, Tennessee and Cordova, Tennessee. ... Christian Brothers High School (CBHS) is located in Memphis, Tennessee on 5900 Walnut Grove Rd. ... Father Ryan High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Nashville, Tennessee. ... The McCallie School is an all-male college preparatory school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... Memphis University School (MUS) is an all-male private school for grades 7–12, located in Memphis, Tennessee. ...

Notable Alumni

The front of the Davis Building during school dismissal.

Alphabetically Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 532 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Summary: The Davis Building from the front view at night, at Montgomery Bell Academy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 532 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Summary: The Davis Building from the front view at night, at Montgomery Bell Academy. ...

• Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews, the aviation pioneer and World War II European commander for whom Andrews Air Force Base is named
• Madison Smartt Bell, novelist
• R.A. Dickey, professional baseball pitcher
• Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928), U.S. Secretary of War
• Blake Goodman, member of PBA Tour
• Sam Garner, Ole Miss Tight End, First Team All SEC
• Chief Justice Frank F. Drowota III, Tennessee Supreme Court
• Morgan Entrekin, Grove/Atlantic Inc. president
• J. Frederick Essary (1881-1942), journalist
• Bill Frist, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
• Thomas F. Frist, Jr, founder of Hospital Corporation of America
• Hunter Hillenmeyer, Chicago Bears linebacker
• Tom Santi, University of Virginia tight end
• John Jay Hooker, attorney, entrepreneur, perennial candidate and political gadfly.
• Madison Jones, novelist
• Alan LeQuire, sculptor
• Ingle Martin, Football player (Green Bay Packers Quarterback)
• Samuel Pickering, essayist
• Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, a former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command and Ambassador to China.
• Grantland Rice, early 20th century American sportswriter
• Brandt Snedeker, PGA Tour Golfer
• Thomas Schulman, author of Dead Poets Society
• Richard Speight, Jr., Band of Brothers actor
• Ralph James Totten (1877-1949), diplomat
• Mark Wheeler, famed social commentator

The rear view of the Carter Building.

The front of the Wallace Building.

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References

• Parks, Joseph Howard, General Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA, LSU Press, 1954.

External links

• MBA website
• Recent Graduates' College Choices
• Charity Navigator rating of MBA
• Privatebug.org page on MBA
• Richard Speight address to MBA students about his role in Band of Brothers
• MBA Football Historical Scores (1899-Present)

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