With origins as far back as the 14th Century, Westminster School is
one of the oldest in the country with a long tradition of
scholarship - and outstanding results, both in academic and public
life. Over the centuries, Westminster has stood apart from other
prominent schools. Firmly grounded between Westminster Abbey and
the Houses of Parliament, it has remained curiously unswayed by the
influence and ethos of figures such as Thomas Arnold and the
Victorian public school tradition, combining a distinctive
evolution with the retention of much of its unique character. A
great many of the school's former pupils are famous names. At one
time, some of those pupils were uncontrolled outside school hours
and notoriously unruly about town, but always encouraged to
question, challenge and debate - and above all to respect genuine
scholarship. They rank among this country's most distinguished
thinkers, writers, theologians, scientists, politicians, artists
and musicians. Ben Jonson, George Herbert, Richard Busby, John
Locke, Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Lord Mansfield, Charles
Wesley, Warren Hastings, Jeremy Bentham, Henry Mayhew, A. A. Milne,
John Spedan Lewis, Richard Doll and Tony Benn are the individuals
the authors recognise as 'loyal dissenters', at once respectful of
peers, staff and principles, yet unafraid to forge their own
direction.
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