His teacher was his mother, who supervised him for several years until she became terminally ill. After Hillside, he was educated at Eton College.

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Blair's academic performance reports suggest that he neglected his academic studies, but during his time at Eton he worked with Roger Mynors to produce a College magazine, The Election Times, joined in the production of other publications — College Days and Bubble and Squeak — and participated in the Eton Wall Game.

At Eton he played tricks on John Crace, his Master in College, among which was to enter a spoof advertisement in a College magazine implying pederasty.

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Alexander was educated at Hawtreys and Harrow School, there participating as the 11th batsman in the sensational Fowler's Match against Eton College in 1910.

Henry Moseley had been a very promising schoolboy at Summer Fields School ( where one of the four ' leagues ' is named after him ), and he was awarded a King's scholarship to attend Eton College.

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Following this, he attended Ludgrove School, and, after passing the entrance exams, was admitted to Eton College, where he studied geography, art history, and art at A-Level.

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He was educated at Exeter Grammar School and Eton College.

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Quite unhappy with the lack of formal science education at Eton College, Maynard Smith took it upon himself to develop an interest in Darwinian evolutionary theory and mathematics, after having read the work of old Etonian J. B. S.

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According to the novels, Lord Peter was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated with a first-class degree in history.

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He was educated at Eton College.

Documentary evidence from this period is sparse, but it is known that the Monarch Boat Club of Eton College and the Isis Club of Westminster School were both in existence in the 1790s.

Another reference, discovered by Julian Luxford in 2009, appears in the margin of the " Polychronicon " in the Eton College library.

It has similarities with Winchester Fives ( a form of Wessex Fives ) and Eton Fives.

Eton has a long list of distinguished former pupils.

David Cameron is the nineteenth British Prime Minister to have attended Eton, and has recommended that Eton set up a school in the state sector to help drive up standards.

Eton has traditionally been referred to as " the chief nurse of England's statesmen ", and has been described as the most famous public school in the world.

Eton today is a larger school than it has been for much of its history.

Each House has a formal name, mainly used for post and people outside the Eton community.

" Eton dress " has undergone significant changes since its standardisation in the 19th century.

The Eton suit was copied by other schools and has remained in use in some, particularly choir schools.

Eton has a well-established system for encouraging boys to produce a high standard of work.

However, no child attended Eton on this scheme, meaning that the actual level of state assistance to the school has always been lower.

Eton's headmaster, Tony Little, has claimed that the benefits that Eton provides to the local community free of charge ( use of its facilities, etc.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Eton has a total area of, all of it land.

New College has formal ties with Winchester College, Eton College, and King's College, Cambridge dating back to 1444, a four-way relationship known as the Amicabilis Concordia.

The Eton Wall Game has been played twice by all-female teams.

An annual cricket match has taken place between Harrow and Eton College at Lord's Cricket Ground since 1805.

* 30 November — a goal is scored in the St. Andrew's Day match at Eton College, the last time this has happened in the St. Andrew's Day game ( the most important match of the year ) though points have been scored by other methods

His time at Eton has been described as " a triumph almost without parallel.

Although it has been asserted that St John was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, his name does not appear on registers for either institution and there is no evidence to support either claim.

Eton Fives an uncommon sport elsewhere, with only a few courts, most of them as part of the facilities of the Public Schools in the United Kingdom ( as well as Wolverhampton Grammar School, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School, the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, King Edward's School, Birmingham and Queen Elizabeth's School for Boys ) and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Ashbourne ; consequently, it has been primarily the preserve of their students and alumni.

So, whereas Rugby School has effectively created the first " handling game " rules, Eton could have created the earliest rules of the " dribbling game ".

It has similarities with Winchester Fives ( a form of Wessex Fives ) and Eton Fives.

He has left a quaint account of his privations at Wallingford, and of the severities of Nicholas Udall at Eton.