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Eton CollegeOne of the largest independent secondary schools in England and one of the most prestigious. It is located near Windsor, Berkshire. It was founded by Henry VI in 1440–41, the same year he founded King's College, Cambridge. Boys enter Eton about age 13. Each year the school names about 14 new King's Scholars, for a schoolwide total of 70, based on the results of competitive examination; they are awarded scholarships ranging from 10 to 100 percent of fees. The other students, called Oppidans, number more than 1,200. Most come from England's wealthiest families. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The book begins with 15-year-old James as a new student at prestigious Eton College. Huxley attended Eton College, the English public school, and (despite an eye infection which rendered him almost totally blind for the rest of his life), he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, with a First in English. One close-valued, monochrome illustration anticipates to compelling visual effect Warhol's fundamental principal of repetition, multiplying a single image of a man in formal dress with rolled umbrella (by the look of him an Eton College master, an inculcator of upper-class codes; the photograph is credited to Bisley). |
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