Rugby is said to have originated in 1823 at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England. It was credited to William Webb Ellis. With growing popularity, schools and clubs came up with standard rules implemented in 1863 and in 1871 Rugby Football Union (RFU) was officially formed. That same year, ...
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
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. ...
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie was born on June 19, 1947, in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. The only son of a wealthy Indian businessman and a school teacher, Rushdie was educated at a Bombay private school before attending The Rugby School, a boarding school in Warwickshire, England. He went on...
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
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
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...