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Boston Grammar School
The Boston Grammar School is a Grammar school, selective grammar school and sixth form college for boys aged 11 to 18 and girls attending the sixth form aged 16–18 located in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. A recent 2021 Ofsted report assessed the school overall as 'good' History The school was founded by charter of Philip II of Spain, Philip and Mary I of England, Mary in 1555. The oldest sections of the school were built in 1567, formerly referred to as the "big school" and is now used as the school library. South End Site became the model for Boston Latin School which was the first school in what was to become the United States of America. The school still retains the Latin motto 'Floreat Bostona' (May Boston Flourish). This motto also forms the title of the official school song, written by Dr G.E. Pattenden, headmaster from 1850–1887, which he referred to as 'my school hymn'. The song is still sung at official school occasions such as Prizegiving, Charter Day and Beast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grammar School
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school, differentiated in recent years from less academic secondary modern schools. The main difference is that a grammar school may select pupils based on academic achievement whereas a secondary modern may not. The original purpose of medieval grammar schools was the teaching of Latin. Over time the curriculum was broadened, first to include Ancient Greek, and later English and other European languages, natural sciences, mathematics, history, geography, art and other subjects. In the late Victorian era grammar schools were reorganised to provide secondary education throughout England and Wales; Scotland had developed a different system. Grammar schools of these types were also established in British territories overseas, where they have evolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Codd
Bernard David Codd (1934 – 29 July 2013) was an English professional motorcycle road racer. He was a double winner at the 1956 Isle of Man TT motorcycle race. Codd was born in 1934 in Boston, Lincolnshire and he attended Boston Grammar School between 1945 and 1950. In the Junior (350cc) race, he led all the way for three laps of the Mountain Circuit at an average of over 82 mph. The same day, on a 500cc for the Senior race, he led the first lap closely followed by Ron Jerrard. His second lap edged him away, and he continued to pull away to win after the third lap, averaging over 86 mph overall. His two race times were 1h 22m 40.4s & 1h 18m 40.6s. In 1957 following the TT, another rider at Crystal Palace Crystal Palace may refer to: Places Canada * Crystal Palace Complex (Dieppe), a former amusement park now a shopping complex in Dieppe, New Brunswick * Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario * Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building ... hit him f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Butterfield
Daniel Paul Butterfield (born 21 November 1979) is an English former professional footballer and coach who is currently an assistant head coach at Lincoln City. Butterfield was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and played between 1997 and 2016 as a right back, and makeshift midfielder and centre back. He began his career as a youth with Grimsby Town where he remained for 6 years before joining Crystal Palace. He made 232 appearances for The Eagles before moving on to Charlton Athletic, Southampton, Bolton Wanderers, Carlisle United and Exeter City. Since retiring he has held various positions on the coaching staff at Southampton, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town. Playing career Grimsby Town Butterfield was educated at Boston Grammar School in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was snapped up by Grimsby Town as a youngster, and was promoted to the club's first team setup midway through the 1996–1997 season. Butterfield was primarily used as a right back while at Blundell Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Langley Burchnall
Professor Joseph Langley Burchnall (8 December 1892 – 29 April 1975) was an English mathematician who introduced the Burchnall–Chaundy theory. Life Burchnall was born in Whichford, Warwickshire, the son of Walter Henry Burchnall, a schoolmaster, and Ann Newport. He was the eldest of six children. Around 1900 the family moved to Butterwick, and thereafter Joseph was educated at Boston Grammar School, then progressed to Christ Church, Oxford graduating BA in 1914 and MA (in absentia) in 1915. He had a distinguished military history during the First World War winning the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was wounded three times and lost a leg in March 1918. After the war he joined Durham University as a Reader in Mathematics then progressed to be a Lecturer. He became a professor in 1939 and continued this until retirement in 1959. He wrote many mathematical papers in conjunction with Theodore William Chaundy. He was elected a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Budge
Richard John Budge (19 April 1947 – 18 July 2016) was a coal mining entrepreneur and chairman of The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisations. Early life He went to Boston Grammar School in Lincolnshire. He studied Fine Arts at the University of Manchester. Career He entered the coal mining industry when he joined the company of Retford-based A.F. Budge, owned by his brother Tony (1939–2010), which ran opencast mines. It was also involved in civil engineering schemes such as the construction of motorways. The company also sponsored the December Gold Cup horse race at Cheltenham Racecourse from 1988 to 1991. In February 1992, Richard Budge bought the opencast coal and Plant division from the family business with venture capital backing from Schroder Ventures for circa £103m, a transaction approved by Charterhouse Ventures and Prudential Ventures which were preference shareholders of AF Budge. A.F. Budge was majority owned by his elder brother Tony Budge. RJB Mining When t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology '' 2000 AD'', he spearheaded the 'British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in 1982 produced the artwork on ''Camelot 3000'' (with author Mike W. Barr), which was DC Comics' first 12-issue comicbook maxiseriesSalisbury, p. 17 created for the direct market.Salisbury, p. 10 Bolland illustrated the critically acclaimed graphic novel '' Batman: The Killing Joke'', with writer Alan Moore, and a self-penned '' Batman: Black and White'' story. He subsequently concentrated on working as a cover artist, producing the vast majority of his work for DC Comics. Bolland created cover artwork for the '' Animal Man'', ''Wonder Woman'', and '' Batman: Gotham Knights'' superhero comic book series. In DC's Vertigo imprint, Bolland has done covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Bland
Cyril Herbert George Bland (23 May 1872 – 1 July 1950) was an English cricketer active from 1897 to 1904 who played for Sussex. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, where he was educated at Boston Grammar School, and died at Cowbridge, Boston, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire. He appeared in 147 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 998 runs with a highest score of 59 and took 557 wickets with a best performance of ten for 48. Bland achieved his ten wickets in an innings feat playing for Sussex against Kent at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge, in the 1900 season. Aged 78, Bland committed suicide by drowning himself in the Greenlands Drain in Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Boston is north of London, north-east of Peterborough, east of Nottingham, south-east of Lincoln, south-southeast of Hul ... in 1950. References 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bass
George Bass (; 30 January 1771 – after 5 February 1803) was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. Early years Bass was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, George Bass, and a local beauty named Sarah (née Newman). His father died in 1777 when Bass was 6. He had attended Boston Grammar School and later trained in medicine at the hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire. At the age of 18, he was accepted in London as a member of the Company of Surgeons, and in 1794 he joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon. He arrived in Sydney in New South Wales on HMS ''Reliance'' on 7 September 1795. Also on the voyage were Matthew Flinders, John Hunter, Bennelong, and his surgeon's assistant William Martin. The voyages of the Tom Thumb and Tom Thumb II Bass had brought with him on the ''Reliance'' a small boat with an keel and beam, which he called the Tom Thumb on account of its size. In October 1795 Bass and Flin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Simmonds
Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds (born 12 April 1964) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, and was first elected in 2001, succeeding Sir Richard Body. He was re-elected in 2005 with a greatly increased majority before his subsequent re-election in 2010 – more than doubling his 2005 majority. In September 2012 he was appointed to the Government as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific. On 11 August 2014 he resigned this post and confirmed that he would step down as an MP at the 2015 general election. In October 2015, he was appointed non-executive director of the AIM-listed fertiliser company, African Potash. On 6 January 2020, Simmonds was appointed a non-executive director of the AIM-listed African oil exploration company, LEKOIL, a week before the company announced that it had been the victim of a US$184m fraud. Early life Born in Worksop, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Spikings
Barry Spikings (born 23 November 1939) is a British film producer who worked in Hollywood. Spikings is best known as a producer of the film, ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978), which won five Academy Awards. Biography Spikings was born in Boston, Lincolnshire. After leaving Boston Grammar School he joined the local newspaper, the ''Lincolnshire Standard'', as a trainee reporter. Later he joined the '' Farmers' Weekly'', where he won a Golden Ear award for a fifteen-minute film that he produced and directed himself. Spikings then moved to the entertainment world. Initially, he promoted pop music festivals and later films. British Lion and EMI In 1972, he became the co-owner of British Lion Films; Spikings later joined EMI when it took over British Lion. For the film, ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978), Spikings won an Academy Award for Best Picture. The film also garnered awards for several of its actors. Nelson Holdings In 1985, Spikings formed a Canadian company, Nelson Holdings Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Sharman
Helen Patricia Sharman, CMG, OBE, HonFRSC (born 30 May 1963) is a British chemist and cosmonaut who became the first British person, first Western European woman and first privately funded woman in space, as well as the first woman to visit the ''Mir'' space station, in May 1991. Early life and education Sharman was born in Grenoside, Sheffield, where she attended Grenoside Junior and Infant School, later moving to Greenhill. After studying at Jordanthorpe Comprehensive, she obtained a BSc degree in chemistry at the University of Sheffield in 1984 and a PhD degree from Birkbeck, the University of London in 1987. She worked as a research and development technologist for GEC in London and later as a chemist for Mars dealing with the flavouring properties of chocolate. This later led the UK press to label her "The Girl from Mars". Project Juno After responding to a radio advertisement asking for applicants to be the first British space explorer, Helen Sharman was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
