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Eton A Living Legend Through 500 Years Of History
The article recalls Eton College founded in 1422 by William Wayneflete and modeled on Winchester. It traces governance shifts, notable alumni like Gladstone and Oates, and the school’s preserved features from upper and lower schools, including shutters, a founder statue, punishments, and the famed Hundred Steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VI
King College of Our Lady of Eton
Windsor
England
Eton
John of London
William Wayneflete
William of Wykehams
Winchester
King’s College
Cambridge
Clerie
Gram Pope
Windsor Station
Nite
College
Eton Street
Wren
Lower School
Henry Wutton
Kemp
Greenhall
Yeho
King’s
Pepys
Upper School
Gladstone
C. J. Fox
Lord Salisbury
Lord Roberty
V.Q
Fred
Oates
Ark
Bat Four
Wraftawen
Shelley
C. Chaplin
Jeral
Provost Impton
Elizabeth