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I've moved here the following contrib by 86.136.108.46 (talk · contribs)

There is also a roman catholic boy's school named The John Fisher School, in Purley, England. It is the only school to be called The John Fisher School, as it was founded principally before Fisher was cannonized

to here since

1. a college is a type of school, and we need to know which other kinds of schools besides the college (and what countries, if any, since the vagueness and the difficulty of world-wide verification raise that possibility) the editor is excluding, and
2. "principally" is unencyclopedically vague: when was it "first founded", and what further events, that in some sense could be called further foundings, took place later?
3. as written, the word "as" implies a relation between the uniqueness of the name and the timing. Ah! This is a school without "St." in its name. Sooo...

Is this verifiable?:

The Roman Catholic boys' school in Purley, England is named The John Fisher School after him. The lack of "St." or "Saint" in its name reflects its history's beginning before his canonization.

"Only" is of very little encyclopedic interest, since we can leave it to Guiness to settle bar bets. That may leave only the need for Dab'n between Purley, London & Purley-On-Thames.
--Jerzy•t 21:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)