Edward Thring

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Edward Thring (November 29, 1821-1887) was a celebrated British educator. He was born at Alford, Somerset, England.

A statue of Edward Thring outside Uppingham School chapel, Uppingham, Rutland.

Edward Thring was the son of Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring and brother of Theodore Thring (1816-1891), Lord Henry Thring, a noted jurist and Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, hymn writer Godfrey Thring, and John Charles Thring, a master at Uppingham School and deviser of the Uppingham Rules and two sisters.[1] The family is commemorated in Alford Church by carved choir seats in the chancel and two memorial windows. Thring was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where he obtained a Fellowship. He was ordained by The Anglican Church in 1846 and served in various curacies till in 1853 he began his true life work 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.

In 1869, Edward Thring formed the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference after inviting thirty-seven of his fellow headmasters to meet at his house to consider establishing such an annual meeting.

He is an original thinker and writer on education and various educational works .

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Edward Thring: Maker of Uppingham School, Headmaster 1853-1887 published by Routledge in 2007 (ISBN 978-0415073103).

[edit] Notes

Edward Thring's words: "Honour the work and the work will honour you" inspired the adoption of the Melbourne High School (Victoria)'s school motto Honour the work. The school song is entitled Honour the Work.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.