Campbell College

Campbell College is a public school (that is, an independent secondary school that charges tuition) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in legal terminology it is a "voluntary grammar school" and educates boys from ages 11-18.

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Public school - Secondary school - Tuition - Belfast - Northern Ireland

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It was founded in 1894 thanks to a bequest from Henry James Campbell, who had made his fortune in the linen trade. Initially the school was primarily a boarding school but it has, particularly since the 1970s, become primarily a day school and in 2004 had 870 pupils, only about 60 of whom were boarders.

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1894 - Henry James Campbell

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Notable ex-pupils include Victoria Cross recipient William John English, author C.S. Lewis and JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin. Allegedly the lamppost on the school drive was the inspiration for that mentioned in Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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Victoria Cross - William John English - C.S. Lewis - JD Wetherspoon - Tim Martin - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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References.

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Haines, Keith. Neither rogues nor fools - a history of Campbell College. Belfast, Campbell College, 1993.

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