Philosopher. Born Somerset. Wrote 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding' and 'Two Treatises of Government'. 1693 wrote 'Some Thoughts Concerning Education' saying "I think I may say that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education."
Died at home at Oates, High Laver, Essex.
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John Locke
Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge. Born Chile. Awarded an OBE in 2009.
A charity administered by a council of Old Westminsters that provides financial assistance to Westminster School for the benefit of current pupils.
A public school in Malvern Worcestershire. During WW2 the college was requisitioned by the Admiralty October 1939 - July 1940, and the school temporarily relocated to Blenheim Palace. In 1942, its ...
Established to give its pupils an education similar to that of the public schools. It was so called as it was owned by a group of a hundred share holding proprietors who could send or nominate a pu...
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