playing a dim British rugby player. For his performance, Lithgow received aTony Awardfor best supporting dramatic actor. The honour proved to be acatalystto his career, and Lithgow continued to appear onBroadwayregularly for nearly a decade. Among his memorable performances were those inBedroom Far...
Thomas Arnold was an educator who, as headmaster of Rugby School, had much influence on public school education in England. He was the father of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold. Thomas Arnold was educated at Winchester and at Corpus Christi College, O
Rugby School, in Rugby, Warwickshire, was founded by Lawrence Sheriff, a wealthy London merchant, in 1567. It began rugby football (1823). Harrow School, at Harrow (or Harrow-on-the-Hill), northwest of London, was founded in 1571. ...
Anne Ridler(born July 30, 1912,Rugby, Warwickshire, England—died October 15, 2001, Oxford) was an English poet and dramatist noted for her devotionalpoetryand for versedramathat shows the influence of the later work ofT.S. Eliot. Ridler was born into a literary family; her father, Henry ...
Warwickshire, administrative and historic county of central England, in the Midlands region. As an administrative and geographic unit, the county dates from the 10th century, with the historic county town (seat) of Warwick lying roughly at its centre. Co
Warwickshire (county) North Warwickshire (district) Nuneaton and Bedworth (district) Bedworth (town) Rugby (town and district) Stratford-on-Avon (district) Warwick (district) Royal Leamington Spa (town) Warwick (town) West Berkshire (unitary authority) Newbury (town) West Midlands (metropolitan coun...
River Avon, river, eastern tributary of the River Severn that rises near Naseby in central England and flows generally southwestward for 96 miles (154 km) through the counties of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire. The riv