Person    | Male  Born 13/6/1795  Died 12/6/1842

Thomas Arnold

Categories: Education, History

Headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841. Born Isle of Wight. Father of Matthew Arnold, great grandfather of Aldous and Julian Huxley. Died at Rugby.

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