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Dulwich College is a public (UK for elite private) school in Dulwich, in south London, England.There are two other schools in the same foundation, JAGS and Alleyn's .
The school has also founded two international schools in Phuket and Shanghai.
1 History
Dulwich College was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor and contemporary of Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. Its original purpose was the education of 12 poor scholars.
The School was reconstituted by act of Parliament in 1857, when it moved from its old site in Dulwich Village (now where the chapel still remains) and built on its present site. The New College buildings were designed after a mock - Venitian model in red brick and terracotta, by Charles Barry Jnr. (The son of Charles Barry Snr. who contructed the houses of Parliament)
The reformed school's new master, Carver, was the first master not to share the name of the school's founder "Alleyn" (or latterly "Allen". Upon the reform the school was split in two, with the "A" stream moving up to the new location, and the "B" stream staying in the village for the time being, becoming "Alleyn's School" - which now exists further down the village.
2 Alumni
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