biography
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| lived:
| (?–1567)
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| biography:
| Philanthropist, born in Rugby, Warwickshire, C England, UK. A grocer in London, he became the founder of Rugby School (1567), by his bequest and endowment of estates, including his own house. The school became the model public (fee-paying) school for boys for many generations afterwards. The game of rugby football originated there. |
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