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Harrow School (/ ˈ h ær oʊ /) is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon, a local landowner and farmer, under a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I.
Harrow School, educational institution for boys in Harrow, London. It is one of the foremost public (i.e., independent) schools of England and one of the most prestigious. Generally between 700 and 800 students reside and study there. Its founder, John Lyon (d. 1592), was a yeoman of neighbouring.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The plainest evidence for the existence of a school before 1572 comes from two contrasting sources: the records of entrants to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and a letter written in 1626 by an octogenarian resident of Bridgewater, Somerset, called George Roper.
Jul 13, 2016 · Despite its status in the present, when Harrow School was founded in the sixteenth century, it was done so by a local farmer by the name of John Lyon (a name which is no doubt familiar to many – more on this shortly) who rather simply sought to provide classical education for the local boys.
Harrow School was founded by John Lyon, a yeoman in the neighbouring village of Preston, in 1571 as a free grammar school for the education of 30 poor children. It was not opened until 1611.
Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I. It is located in a leafy 300-acre estate, encompassing much of Harrow on the Hill in north-west London.
Early 19th-century Harrow witnessed the school's descent from the second most popular and, for its meagre endowment, easily the most successful public school in England to one facing closure. In 1805, George Butler inherited over 250 pupils and an established reputation.
