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Biography of Thomas ArnoldName: Thomas ArnoldBirth Date: June 13, 1795 Death Date: June 12, 1842 Place of Birth: West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England Nationality: English Gender: Male Occupations: educator, headmaster Thomas Arnold The English educator Thomas Arnold (1795-1842) was a headmaster of Rugby School, and through his efforts it became the model for other English public schools and for boarding schools throughout the Western world.Thomas Arnold was born in West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, on June 13, 1795, the seventh child of William and Martha Arnold. His father was the postmaster and customs agent for the Isle of Wight. Arnold received his early education from his mother and an aunt. He attended the preparatory schools Warminster and Winchester from 1803 to 1811, prior to his admittance to Corpus Christi College of Oxford University. He graduated first class in classics in 1814. Through the influence of a friend he became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford University, in 1814--a position he held until 1819. While there, he was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1818.Arnold married Mary Penrose in 1820. He taught in several preparatory schools …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…was improved during his tenure. He is credited with broadening its curriculum, improving living conditions, raising the status of the masters, and inaugurating administrative reforms (for example, masters' conferences and student involvement in school affairs). What was once regarded as one of England's worst schools was, by the time of his death, famous for its successful graduates. Further Reading T.W. Bamford, Thomas Arnold (1960), provides new insight into Arnold's life and work. More traditional views of the headmaster's influence are in Joshua G. Fitch, Thomas and Matthew Arnold and Their Influence on English Education (1897), and Norman Wymer, Dr. Arnold of Rugby (1953). For a work written by one of Arnold's own students see Arthur P. Stanley, The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold (1844).McCrum, Michael., Thomas Arnold, headmaster: a reassessment, Oxford England; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, The life and correspondence of Thomas Arnold, New York: AMS Press, 1978. |