The Abbey Gateway, now home to the school's History, Economics and Classics departments.

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History

By c.1100 the School had built for itself such a high reputation that the renowned Norman scholar, Geoffrey de Gorham, applied for the post of Master. He was later to become Abbot of St Albans and the School then remained under the control of the Abbot until the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539. Abbey gateway St Albans Abbey was an abbey at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. ... dissolution see Dissolution. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ...

In 1549, the last Abbot was granted the right to establish a Grammar School by a private Act of Parliament. In 1553 the Abbey Church was sold to the town for £400 and became a protestant parish church for the new Borough of St Albans; the Lady Chapel at the east end was used as the schoolroom and maintained by the Mayor and burgesses. In 1570 Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and then living at nearby Gorhambury, put the financing of the School on a firmer footing through a Wine Charter. Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Sir Nicholas Bacon (Unknown artist, 1579) Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509–February 20, 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and as the father of philosopher/statesman Sir Francis Bacon. ... The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and later of Great Britain, was formerly an officer of the English Crown charged with physical custody of the Great Seal of England. ... Old Gorhambury House located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an Elizabethan mansion, built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, and twice visited by Queen Elizabeth. ...

In 1868, the school moved into the Abbey Gateway (which had been built in 1365 and, following the dissolution, had been used as a prison for 300 years). Since the 19th century there have been many additions to the school site, which now comprises a very interesting architectural mixture of buildings dating from the 14th century to the 1990s. The Woollam Playing Fields, a couple of miles away to the north of the city, provides an extensive, modern, outdoor sports facility for the School and the Old Albanian Sports Club. The site was officially opened in October 2002 by Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester . Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO (Richard Alexander Walter George Windsor; born 26 August 1944) is a member of the British Royal Family, a grandson of King George V. He has been Duke of Gloucester since his fathers death in 1974. ...

The school still maintains strong links with the Abbey. Services are held there every Monday and Friday morning, and special events held there include the annual Founders' Day and carol services. In addition the school's music staff are usually also linked with the Abbey's musical staff. Andrew Parnell, organist and harpsichordist, was assistant master of music at the Abbey as well as being master of music and choirmaster at the school from 1976 to 2001. Simon Lindley had also held these posts; John Rutter's carol Jesus Child bears a dedication "for Simon Lindley and the choir of St Albans School". St Albans Cathedral from the west. ... Andrew Parnell (b. ... Simon Lindley, (1948 — ) British organist and choirmaster, organist at Leeds Town Hall and Leeds Parish Church. ... John Rutter (born September 24, 1945) is an English composer, choral conductor, editor, arranger and record producer. ...

School crest

The school crest comprises the cross of Saint Alban together with the School motto. Saint Alban was the first Christian martyr (protomartyr) in Britain. ...

The cross of Saint Alban is a gold saltire (a cross, signifying that Alban was martyred, but diagonal, as he was beheaded, not crucified) on a blue field (or, in heraldic terms, Azure, a saltire Or). The arms of St Albans: Azure, a saltire Or (a gold saltire on a blue field) For The Saltire (proper noun) see Flag of Scotland. ...

The current school motto is Non nobis nati ("Born not for ourselves"). This dates back to the family of the twelfth century Geoffrey de Gorham (Master and subsequently Abbot of St Albans), and was introduced in 1994, thereby establishing a link between the School before and after the dissolution of the monastery in 1539. Abbey gateway St Albans Abbey was an abbey at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ...

Non nobis nati replaced the previous motto Mediocria firma ("Moderate things are surest"), the motto of the Bacon family at Gorhambury (including Sir Nicholas and Sir Francis Bacon). This formed part of the Bacon crest, which for instance can still be seen outside the Verulam Arms public house in nearby Welclose Street and inside St Mary's Church, Redbourn. Sir Nicholas Bacon (Unknown artist, 1579) Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509–February 20, 1579) was an English politician during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, notable as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and as the father of philosopher/statesman Sir Francis Bacon. ... Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, but is best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. ... Redbourn is a village in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, roughly 5 miles from St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Markyate, and 3 miles from Harpenden. ...

General information

St Albans School is predominantly a single-sex school for boys, but has accepted girls into the Sixth Form since 1991. In its earlier days it was known as the Free School of St Albans or St Albans Grammar School. It is often (erroneously) referred to as "The Boys' School", "St Albans Boys" and "The Abbey School" (thereby causing confusion with The Abbey C of E Primary School nearby which is almost always referred to as "The Abbey School", and the adjacent but now defunct Abbey National Boys' School, a name which is still borne by a building in nearby Spicer Street). The school has around 770 pupils, of which 35 are female.

The school operates a house system. The current system, which came into use in September 1996, assigns all members of the school to one of four houses. These are named after notable former pupils and staff: Hawking, Renfrew, Hampson and Marsh. Previously the house names were Abbey, Breakespeare, Debenham, Pemberton, Shirley, Woollams and School House. School House, the last remaining boarding house, closed around 1960 and those boys in School House were integrated into other houses. The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-paying school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ...

In 1967 the School acquired what was then a derelict hill farm in the Brecon Beacons. The property was fully restored and is now a well-equipped Field Studies Centre, Pen Arthur. It is one of the School's most valuable assets. Academic departments use Pen Arthur for field trips and study weekends throughout the year, and it plays a key part as a base for outdoor activities organised by the CCF and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

Each year the school publishes a magazine, typically of around 80 pages, called The Albanian. It is a collection of articles, reviews, sports round-ups, art, creative writing and other features that acts as the official annual record of the school. The magazine is produced by a small editorial team comprising two teachers and a team of sixth formers. The Publications Department is also responsible for the School's advertisements, newsletters and website.

Headmasters since 1902

• Edgar Montague-Jones 1902-1931
• William Thomas Marsh 1931-1964
• Frank Ian Kilvington 1964-1984
• Simon Court Wilkinson 1984-1993
• Andrew Robert Grant 1993-

Notable teachers

• Bruce Balden (b. 1957), mathematician and participant in TV series Seven Up!
• Geoffrey de Gorham (d. 1146), scholar, Abbot of St Albans Abbey 1119-1146
• Tommy Hampson (1907-1965), middle distance runner (800m Gold Medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)
• Eric James Logan, founding member of the 80's pop band The Mood
• John Mole (b. 1941), poet, critic and jazz clarinettist. City of London Poet In Residence since 1998 (under the Poetry Society's Poet in the City scheme)
• Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), poet
• James Shirley (1596-1666), playwright
• Ian Murray, Famous Pirate and Scourge Of The Thames

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Notable alumni

• Professor Keith M. Ashman (b. 1963), theoretical physicist and globular clusters expert
• Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682), traveller and writer
• Nicholas Breakspear (c.1100-1159), better known as Pope Adrian IV (1154-1159)
• Colonel Sir Hildred Carlile, 1st Bt, M.P. (1852-1942), army officer, politician, and philanthropist
• Professor Colin Cherry (1914-1975), cognitive scientist
• Ralph Chubb (1892-1960), poet, printer & artist
• William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (c.1665-1723), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, grandfather of William Cowper, poet and hymnodist
• Walter Curll (1575-1647), Bishop of Winchester
• Sir William Domville, Bt (1742-1833), Lord Mayor of London 1813
• Sir Alfred Faulkner (1882-1963), civil servant - Permanent Under Secretary for Mines
• Professor Sir Jack Goody (b. 1919), social anthropologist
• Professor Stephen Hawking (b. 1942), cosmologist & theoretical physicist
• Tony Hendra (b. 1941), satirist & writer
• Brigadier-General Reginald J. Kentish (1876-1956), founder National Playing Fields Assocn, Member I.O.C.
• Coulson Kernahan (1858-1943), essayist, novelist, & editor
• Sir John King, K.C. (1639-77), lawyer
• Herbert Mundin (1898-1939), Hollywood character actor
• Alexander Neckam (1157-1217), scientist & teacher (became Master of the school in later life)
• Mike Newell (b. 1942), film director
• Professor Emeritus Ray Pahl (b. 1935), sociologist
• Matthew Paris (c.1200-1259), historian & monk
• Sir Francis Pemberton (1624-1697), Lord Chief Justice
• Sir Max Pemberton (1863-1950), novelist and editor
• Sir Charles Pereira, F.R.S. (1913-2004), tropical agriculturist and hydrologist
• Major-General Sir Herbert Aveling Raitt (1858-1935)
• Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (b. 1937), archaeologist
• Sir Tim Rice (b. 1944), lyricist
• Aubrey George Spencer (1795-1872), first Anglican Bishop of Newfoundland
• Sir Philip Watson (b. 1919), Vice-Admiral R.N.
• Colonel F. A. M. Webster (1886-1951), English Javelin Champion (1911, 1923), Olympic coach, & author
• Sir Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897), surgeon
• John Whethamstede (or Bostock) (c. 1392-1465), scholar, writer, & Abbot of St Albans
• William Whitaker, F.R.S. (1836-1925), geologist
• Charles Williams (1886-1945), poet, novelist, publisher & theological writer
• Robert Wright (1560-1643), first Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and Bishop of Lichfield & Coventry

Ex-students of St Albans School are automatically members of the Old Albanian Club and are also eligible for membership of the school's masonic lodge, number 4999. Keith M. Ashman, (born 13 December 1963) is a British theoretical astrophysicist. ... Adrian IV (also known as Hadrian IV), born Nicholas Breakspear ( 1100 - September 1, 1159) was pope from 1154 to 1159. ... Pope Adrian IV (c. ... Sir Hildred Carlile was born in Richmond Hill, Surrey on 10 July 1852, and was educated at St Albans School and abroad. ... Colin Cherry (1914 – 1979) was a British cognitive scientist whose main contributions were in focused auditory attention, specifically regarding the cocktail party problem. ... Ralph Nicholas Chubb (8 February 1892 - 14 January 1960) was a British poet, printer, and artist. ... William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (c. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and prior to the Union the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ... Portrait of William Cowper attributed to Romney. ... Walter Curle or Curll (1575–1647) was an English bishop, a close supporter of William Laud[1]. He was bishop of Winchester from 1632 to 1647. ... Jack Goody (born 1918 or 1919) is a British social anthropologist. ... Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January 1942) is a British theoretical physicist. ... Tony Hendra (born 1941) is an English satirist and writer, who has worked mostly in the United States. ... Coulson Kernahan (1858-1943) was an English novelist, born at Ilfracombe, Devonshire, and educated privately and at St Albans School. ... Mundin monkeys around as the servant Rawlins in Tarzan Escapes (1936) Herbert Mundin (1898 - 1939) was an English-born Hollywood character actor. ... Alexander Neckam (sometimes spelled Nequam) (September 8, 1157–1217), was an English scientist and teacher. ... Michael Cormac Newell (born March 28, 1942) is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television. ... Self portrait of Matthew Paris from the original manuscript of his Historia Anglorum (London, British Library, MS Royal 14. ... Sir Francis Pemberton (1624, 18 July - 10 June, 1697) was an English judge. ... Sir Max Pemberton (1863-1950) was a popular British novelist, working mainly in the adventure and mystery genres. ... Sir Charles Pereira, tropical hydrologist, was born on May 12 1913 in London. ... Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn (born 25 July 1937), English archaeologist, notable for his work on the radiocarbon revolution, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of looting of archaeological sites. ... Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist for musical theatre, a radio presenter, television gameshow panelist and an author. ... A lithograph of Spencer, with coat of arms. ... Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, 1st Baronet (3 February 1818 – 31 January 1897) was surgeon to Queen Victoria, a medical professor and president of the Royal College of Surgeons. ... John Whethamstede (d. ... William Whitaker was born on 4th May 1836 in London, and was educated at St Albans School and University College, London, where he gained a degree in chemistry in 1855. ... Charles Walter Stansby Williams (September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945), was a British writer and poet, and a member of the loose literary circle called the Inklings. ... Robert Wright (1560-1643) was an English Bishop Wright was born in St. ... College name Wadham College Named after Nicholas Wadham Established 1610 Sister College Christs College Warden Sir Neil Chalmers JCR President Ben Jasper Undergraduates 460 MCR President David Patrikarakos Graduates 180 Homepage Boatclub Wadham College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, located at the southern... Arms of the Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Masonic Square and Compasses. ...

Trivia

• The School was used as a site of part of the forthcoming film Incendiary (2008).

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External links

• Official website