Browning School

Browning School was founded in 1888 by John A. Browning as a college preparatory academy for boys.

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1888 - John A. Browning

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Browning School is a private school in New York City, with an emphasis on tradition, manners, and citizenship. It's a strict, all-male K-12 school, at which all boys are required to wear a blazer each day and to shake the headmaster's hand when arriving in the morning. Its class size is approximately twelve, making acceptance to its kindergarten class statistically competitive and on a par with Harvard's.

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Currently, the school is under the headship of only its fifth headmaster, Stephen M. Clement III.

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One of the first students, John D. Rockefeller Jr., recalled Browning as a remarkable teacher who "inspired interest in learning", and that he "helped me to study and to concentrate.... I owe a great deal to him, more than to any other teacher I ever had".

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