Thomas Arnold | |
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 Thomas Arnold by Thomas Phillips, 1839 | |
| Born | 13 June 1795 West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England |
| Died | 12 June 1842 (aged 46) Fox How, Ambleside, Westmorland, England |
| Resting place | Rugby School Chapel, Rugby, Warwickshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Lord Weymouth's Grammar School; Winchester College |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Educator and historian |
| Known for | Reforms to Rugby School (immortalised in Tom Brown's Schooldays) |
| Title | Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford |
| Term | 1841–1842 |
| Predecessor | Edward Nares |
| Successor | John Antony Cramer |
| Children | Matthew Arnold, Tom Arnold, William Delafield Arnold |
Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were widely copied by other noted public schools. His reforms redefined standards of masculinity and achievement.[1][2]
- ^ Simon Heffer, High minds: the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain (2013) pp. 1–30.
- ^ Fabrice Neddam, "Constructing masculinities under Thomas Arnold of Rugby (1828–1842): Gender, educational policy and school life in an early‐Victorian public school", Gender and Education 16.3 (2004), pp. 303–326.