Founded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White and originally at St Lawrence Pountney, EC4. In 1875 moved to newly built premised at Charterhouse, mainly to enable expansion. But by 1929 it had been decided that London was too dirty and congested and the playing fields were too far away so the school moved to Sandy Lodge, Hertfordshire, selling the site to St Barts Hospital.
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Merchant Taylors' School
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Charterhouse
The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...
Merchant Taylors' School - EC4
{Beneath the Merchant Taylors' crest:} Site of Merchant Taylors' School 1561 ...
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William Cawthorne Unwin
Civil and mechanical engineer. Born Essex. 1900 he became the first London University professor of engineering. Died unmarried, at his home, 7 Palace Gate Mansions, 29 Palace Gate.
2 memorials
Hirobumi Ito
Became a student at UCL in 1863. The picture source gives details of his assasination by a Korean nationalist. Picture source gives details of this.
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