He "wished that schools were planted in the suburbs of towns near to the fields". Mulcaster's views were ahead of his time: he advocated the importance to children of relaxation and games, and a knowledge of the countryside and world of nature.
I love Rome, but London better, I favour Italy, but England more, I honour Latin, but worship English. His goal was that English as a language might claim its place side by side with Latin: One of his first pupils was Edmund Spenser. His educational philosophy is embodied in two books, The Positions (1581) and The Elementarie (1582), the latter an instalment of a larger work and one of the first dictionaries in English. The first Head Master, Richard Mulcaster, took up his post in 1561 one of the houses at Merchant Taylors' is now named after him. Also in 1508, Sir Steven Jenyns (Master in 1490, Lord Mayor in 1508) founded Wolverhampton Grammar School, which still maintains strong links with the Company. Mary's Wike in Cornwall (which moved to Launceston shortly thereafter). Sir John Percival (Master of the Company in 1485, Lord Mayor of London in 1498) established a grammar school at Macclesfield in 1502, while in 1508 his widow founded one at St. Merchant Taylors' was not the first school to be founded by members of the Merchant Taylors' Company. The school was founded in 1561 by Thomas White of the Merchant Taylors' Company in a manor house in the parish of St Lawrence Pountney in the City of London, where it remained until 1875. 6 Notable members of the company, governors and masters.There is also a strong OMT presence in both Houses of Parliament. Carr, the historian, Boris Karloff, the actor, Sir James Jeans the Astronomer Royal Lord Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Major-General Lord Robert Clive, and more. OMTs include, Lancelot Andrewes, the translator of the King James’ Bible John Walter, founding editor of The Times John Sulston, Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine General Sir Richard Barrons, former Commander Joint forces command: E. The school's old boys, called Old Merchant Taylors (OMTs), include naturalists, poets, actors, academics, politicians, authors, sportsmen, and military figures, including three winners of the Victoria Cross award. The school is now an all-through school from age 3 to 18 after merger with Northwood Prep School in 2015. The school caters for 1100 students between the ages of 11 and 18. įounded in 1561 by Sir Thomas White, Sir Richard Hilles, Emanuel Lucar and Stephen Hales, it was one of the nine English public schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission set up in 1861, but successfully argued that it should be omitted from the Public Schools Act 1868, as did St Paul's School, London, the other day school investigated by the Clarendon Commission. The school has occupied various campuses since its founding from 1933, it has been located at Sandy Lodge, a 285 acres (115 ha) site close to Northwood in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire.
Merchant Taylors' School is a selective British independent public school for boys founded in 1561 in London.
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