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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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King Edward's Schools
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Many schools were founded by Edward VI during the last year (1552–3) of his short life, when he was himself only 15. They include King Edward's Schools at Bath and at Witley, the King Edward VI School in Southampton and *Christ's Hospital. The most fruitful of his foundations was King Edward's in Birmingham, long famous as one of the country's greatest grammar schools. It is now an independent fee-paying school, as is its companion the King Edward VI High School for Girls, founded in 1883. Prudent investment of the original endowment had made possible not only the girls' school but also, in the 1870s, no fewer than five King Edward VI grammar schools in different parts of Birmingham; all survive, offering free education within the state system.
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