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Henry Joseph Thomas Drury
Henry Joseph Thomas Drury (27 April 1778 – 5 March 1841), known as Harry Drury, was an English educator, classical scholar, and friend of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Lord Byron. Life Henry Drury was born 27 April 1778, at Harrow, London, the son of Joseph Drury, headmaster of Harrow School. He was educated at both Harrow and Eton College, Eton, and at King's College, Cambridge (matriculated 1797, Bachelor of Arts, B.A. 1801, Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), M.A. 1804, Fellow 1799–1808). He was a master at Harrow for 41 years from 1801 to 1841 and was tutor there to George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, Lord Byron to whom he later became a close friend and correspondent. Drury was elected to the Roxburghe Club on its first anniversary in 1813. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February 1818. Drury was considered the favourite candidate to succeed George Butler (headmaster), George Butler as headmaster of Harrow in 1829; Charles Longle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Joseph Thomas Drury Hodgetts
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
