John Hall: Quick Facts

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Born	August 1627 • Durham • England
Died	August 1, 1656 (aged 29) • Durham • England
Notable Works	“An Humble Motion to the Parliament of England Concerning the Advancement of Learning and Reformation of the Universities”

Alfred North Whitehead

Alfred North Whitehead

British mathematician and philosopher

Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon

English philosopher and educational reformer

Hannah More, engraving after a painting by H.W. Pickersgill.

Hannah More

English writer

Alcuin

Alcuin

Anglo-Saxon scholar

William Carey

William Carey

British missionary

Temple, Frederick

Frederick Temple

archbishop of Canterbury

William Temple

William Temple

archbishop of Canterbury

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Susanna Rowson

American author and actress

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Roger Ascham

English scholar

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Sir Richard Winn Livingstone

British scholar

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Samuel Hartlib

English educator

Quintin Hogg

Quintin Hogg

British educator

Curwen, detail of an oil painting by W. Gush; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

John Curwen

British educator

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher

British historian and government official

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Richard Mulcaster

English educator

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Tobias Matthay

British musician

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Elsie Fogerty

British voice teacher

Sir Hugh Allen, drawing by John Singer Sargent, 1925; in the British Museum

Sir Hugh Allen

British organist and musical educator

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Edmund Gonville

British priest

Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake

Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake

British physician