Edward Thring
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Edward Thring (1821-1887) was a celebrated British educationist. He was born at Alford Rectory, Somerset.
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A statue of Edward Thring outside Uppingham School chapel, Uppingham, Rutland.
Thring was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he obtained a Fellowship. He entered the Church, and served in various curacies till in 1853 he began his true lifework by an appointment to the head-mastership of Uppingham School, which he raised to a high state of efficiency, and stamped with the qualities of his own strong personality, as did Thomas Arnold at Rugby.
Thring published various educational works, "The Theory and Practice of Teaching," "Addresses," "Poems and Translations," etc.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
