Boston Grammar School

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Official name	Boston Grammar School
Established	1555
Headmaster	John Neal
Website	www.bostongrammar.lincs.sch.uk
Alumni website	www.bostonian.org.uk
Badge	Three crowns
School colors	Black and Amber

Boston Grammar School is a selective school for boys aged 11 to 18, recently admitting girls aged 16-18, in Boston, Lincolnshire. The school was founded by charter of Philip and Mary in 1555. The oldest part of the school is the former "big school", now used as the school library, which was built in 1567. Boston Grammar School was the model used for Boston Latin School which was the first school in what was to become the United States of America.

[edit] Some notable former pupils

• George Bass — surgeon and explorer
• Cyril Bland — first-class cricketer
• Richard Budge — head of RJB Mining
• Danny Butterfield — footballer (Crystal Palace F.C.)
• Joseph Langley Birchnall — mathematician
• John Cridland CBE — deputy Director General of the Confederation of British Industry
• Victor Emery - physicist
• Simon Garner — footballer (Blackburn Rovers F.C., etc.)
• Peter J. King — poet and humanist philosopher
• John Leverett — governor of Massachusetts
• Rev. Dr John Newton — former president of the Methodist Conference
• Rt Rev Simon Patrick — Bishop of Ely
• Michael John Pinner — footballer (Manchester United F.C., etc.)
• Philip John Priestley — former High Commissioner to Belize
• Rt Rev. Frank Sargeant — Bishop of Lambeth
• Robert Sheehan — Olympic bridge player and columnist for The Times
• Graham C Smith — physicist
• Barry Spikings — Hollywood producer (The Deer Hunter, etc.)

[edit] External links

• Boston Grammar School official website
• Old Bostonian Association — including much historical information
• Rate My Teachers