Bishop Cotton Boys' School | |
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Address | |
St. Mark's Road , India | |
Coordinates | 12°58′7.0″N 77°35′55.6″E / 12.968611°N 77.598778°E |
Information | |
Type | Private school |
Motto | Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum (Latin) (Neither to the right, nor to the left.) |
Established | 1865 |
Founder | Samuel Thomas Pettigrew[1] |
Chairman | Rt. Rev. Martin C. Borgai (Bishop-In-Charge)–KCD |
Principal | Alistair R. A. Freese |
Enrollment | approx. 7,000 |
Campus size | 14 acres (57,000 m2) |
Houses | Pope, Pettigrew, Elphick, Pakenham Walsh, Thomas |
Color(s) | Green and gold |
Publication | The Cottonian, The Cotton Mill |
Affiliation | ICSE, ISC |
Former pupils | Old Cottonians |
Website | bishopcottonboysschool |
Bishop Cotton Boys' School is an all-boys school for boarders and day scholars in Bengaluru, India, founded in the memory of Bishop George Edward Lynch Cotton, Bishop of Calcutta.
The school is bordered by Residency Road, St Mark's Road, Lavelle Road and Vittal Mallya Road, and is spread over 14 acres (57,000 m2) of land in the heart of Bangalore.
School heads in the early days included George Uglow Pope, Herbert Pakenham-Walsh, S. T. Pettigrew, William Elphick, Iowerth Lowell Thomas and A. T. Balraj.
The sister school Bishop Cotton Girls' School is located on the opposite side of St. Mark's Road.[2]