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Thomas Arnold, detail of an engraving by H. Cousins, 1840, after an oil painting by Thomas Philips

Thomas Arnold

British educator

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Nathaniel Woodard

British priest

Thring, detail of an engraving by T. Johnson after a photograph

Edward Thring

British educator

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Frederick William Sanderson

British educator