Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611, the year of his death. An ex-Carthusian priory near Smithfield was used for the school - thus pupils are known as Carthusians. Sutton was buried in the chapel.
The school sold its London site to Merchant Taylors' and moved near Godalming in 1872.
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Charterhouse School
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Charterhouse
The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...
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Sir John Kirk
J.P., Christian philanthropist, the children's friend. Not to be confused with Sir John Kirk (1832-1922), the African explorer. Sir John's great great grandson, Peter Mitchell, contacted us to sa...
1 memorial
Friedrich Froebel
Educationalist and inventor of the kindergarten. Born Germany. Student of Pestalozzi. We first heard of Froebel when studying the great Frank Lloyd Wright whose mother, determined that baby Frank...
1 memorial
Tobias Matthay
Teacher and pianist. Born Clapham. 1903 he published "The Act of Touch" a book on piano playing technique and learning. This and other books and his Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School in Oxford St...
1 memorial
1 memorial
S. R. Pearce
1893 Superintendent of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Sunday School.
1 memorial