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Charterhouse [Fr.,=Chartreuse], in London, England, once a Carthusian monastery (founded 1371), later a hospital for old men and then a school for boys, endowed in 1611. The school, which became a large public school, was removed (1872) to Godalming, Surrey. W. M. Thackeray Thackeray, William Makepeace (thăk`ərē), 1811–63, English novelist, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. ..... Click the link for more information. , a pupil at the school, describes it in The Newcomes. |
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| When he was old enough Joseph was sent first to schools near his home, and then a little later to the famous Charterhouse in London. For a temporary asylum I pitched upon a small, quiet, empty, private hotel which I knew of in Charterhouse Square. His record at Charterhouse was so brilliant that when he went to Cambridge the Master of Trinity Hall went out of his way to express his satisfaction that he was going to that college. |
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