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Notable Alumni
[edit]Pre-20th century
[edit]- Sir John Vanbrugh, architect and dramatist[1][2]
- Randle Ayrton, film and stage actor, producer and director[1]
- Lord Bradbury of Winsford GCB, civil servant and chief economic advisor to the government during World War I[1]
- Thomas Brassey, civil engineer[1][3]
- Edward Brerewood, mathematician, logician and antiquary[1]
- Charles Burney, music historian, musician, composer and philosopher[1]
- John Byrom FRS, poet and developer of geometric shorthand[1]
- Randolph Caldecott, illustrator[1]
- William Chaderton, academic, clergyman and former Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge[1]
- John Churton Collins, literary critic and former Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham[1]
- Piers Claughton, clergyman and former Archdeacon of London[1]
- Thomas Claughton, first Bishop of St Albans and former Oxford Professor of Poetry[1]
- George Cotton, clergyman and educator, known for establishing schools in British India[1]
- Sir Peter Denis, 1st Baronet, naval officer and Member of Parliament[1]
- John Downham, clergyman and theologian[1]
- Joseph Everett Dutton, pathologist, physician and tropical medicine specialist[1]
- Thomas Falconer, clergyman and classical scholar
- Thomas Francis, physician, former president of the Royal College of Physicians and former Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford[1]
- Christopher Goodman, clergyman and writer[1]
- William Lee Hankey, painter and illustrator[1]
- General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, former Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces[1]
- George Lloyd, clergyman[1]
- Bert Lipsham, England International footballer and FA Cup winner with Sheffield United in 1902.
- John Smyth MacDonald FRS, physiologist[1]
- George Ormerod, antiquary and historian[1]
- Sir John Vanbrugh, architect and dramatist[1][4]
- Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, colonial Governor of the British Windward Islands and Newfoundland and Labrador[1]
- Thomas Wilson, clergyman[1]
The Chester Association of Old King's Scholars (CAOKS), founded in 1866, exists to maintain links between former students. It is one of the longest established alumni associations in the country. The school has recently established OAKS (Organisation of Alumni of The King's School) to maintain relations with former pupils. OAKS is free to join and open to all Alumni.[citation needed]
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- Tin55man (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) repeated unexplained section blanking in The King's School, Chester Strangemole (talk) 18:11, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Hospice of the Good Shepherd
[edit]Founded | 1989 |
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Founder | Princess Diana |
Type | Charity |
Focus | care for terminally ill patients and their families |
Location | |
Area served | Chester |
Website | [[2]] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Inspirational Alumni Members". The King's School Chester. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Sir John Vanbrugh (British dramatist and architect) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ Helps, Arthur (2005) [1888]. Life and Labours of Thomas Brassey, 1805-1870. Elibron Classics. p. 12. ISBN 9781402105630.
- ^ "Sir John Vanbrugh (British dramatist and architect) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.