Ackworth School
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Ackworth School is an independent school
located in the village of High Ackworth
, near Pontefract
, West Yorkshire
, England
. It is one of eight Quaker Schools in England. The school (or more accurately its Head) is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and SHMIS (http://www.shmis.org.uk/). The Head is Kathryn Bell, who succeeded Peter Simpson in 2009. The Bursar is John Lebeter. The Deputy Heads are William Yates and Jeffrey Swales.
The school has a nursery that takes children aged 2 1/2 to 4, a Junior Department that takes children age 5 to 11, and the Senior School for students aged 11 to 18. The boarding facilities cater for Senior School pupils only.
Originally a boarding school for Quaker children, today most of the school's pupils are day pupils. About half of the boarding pupils are from overseas, and are predominantly Oriental although there are increasing numbers of boarders from other countries, particularly Eastern Europe.
Most of today's pupils are not Quakers, but the school retains a strong Quaker ethos and is able to offer means-tested Bursary
awards to children from Quaker and non-Quaker families. There is a very short Quaker-style silence at assembly and before meals.
for Quaker
boys and girls. Prior to the school's foundation, the buildings housed a foundling hospital
created by Thomas Coram.
by the Kings of Arms. Its coat of arms is made of the white rose of Yorkshire
("barbed and seeded"), acorns ("slipped" — which means "with a bit of stalk"), and the lamb, which is a device shown on the arms of the Foundling Hospital. It also features the school motto — Non sibi sed omnibus ("Not for oneself but for all").
, Gurney
, Penn
and Fothergill
. Penn, Gurney and Woolman were all famous Quakers, and John Fothergill
, also a Quaker, was the founder of the school. Every pupil is assigned to one of the four houses at the start of their time at the school for inter-house events, which include sport, music, drama, poetry and art.
Students are also divided for meals according to their houses.
The sixth form boys wear a white shirt and grey trousers with a burgundy jumper or black jacket, while sixth-form girls wear a white blouse and Navy skirt with a burgundy jumper.
One of the most-popular events of Charity Week is the staff/sixth-form entertainment. The sixth form and certain members of staff are encouraged to prepare a series of sketches to entertain younger students. In the middle of the event, a fund-raising activity occurs, where the sixth form raise money from the other students.
On the Thursday of Charity Week the school celebrates Founder's Day, the day on which in 1779 the school was founded. The whole school gathers in the Meeting House and sings the Founder's Day Hymn before each year group departs on a day trip, usually a walk.
' "The Armed Man
".
On 28 March 2009, the Bridge Film Festival — which had been held at Brooklyn Friends School
, located in Brooklyn
, New York
, for the last nine years — was held at the school. It is a Quaker film festival in which students make a film which is judged and prizes are awarded. The school entered the 2008 festival, sending several students to Brooklyn Friends School to witness the festival. For the 2009 festival, student Simon Waldock prepared a film about the history of the school; the film involved an interview with a former scholar from the 1950s.. The film did not win but was commended by judges.
Independent school (UK)
An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
located in the village of High Ackworth
Ackworth, West Yorkshire
Ackworth is a village and civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, situated between Pontefract, Barnsley and Doncaster on the small River Went. The village consists of four parts, High Ackworth, Low Ackworth, Ackworth Moortop, and Brackenhill...
, near Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is one of eight Quaker Schools in England. The school (or more accurately its Head) is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and SHMIS (http://www.shmis.org.uk/). The Head is Kathryn Bell, who succeeded Peter Simpson in 2009. The Bursar is John Lebeter. The Deputy Heads are William Yates and Jeffrey Swales.
The school has a nursery that takes children aged 2 1/2 to 4, a Junior Department that takes children age 5 to 11, and the Senior School for students aged 11 to 18. The boarding facilities cater for Senior School pupils only.
Originally a boarding school for Quaker children, today most of the school's pupils are day pupils. About half of the boarding pupils are from overseas, and are predominantly Oriental although there are increasing numbers of boarders from other countries, particularly Eastern Europe.
Most of today's pupils are not Quakers, but the school retains a strong Quaker ethos and is able to offer means-tested Bursary
Bursary
A bursary is strictly an office for a bursar and his or her staff in a school or college.In modern English usage, the term has become synonymous with "bursary award", a monetary award made by an institution to an individual or a group to assist the development of their education.According to The...
awards to children from Quaker and non-Quaker families. There is a very short Quaker-style silence at assembly and before meals.
History
The school was founded by John Fothergill and others in 1779 as a boarding schoolBoarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
for Quaker
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
boys and girls. Prior to the school's foundation, the buildings housed a foundling hospital
Foundling hospital
A foundling hospital was originally an institution for the reception of foundlings, i.e., children who had been abandoned or exposed, and left for the public to find and save...
created by Thomas Coram.
Coat of Arms
On 15 December 1959, the school was granted a coat of armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
by the Kings of Arms. Its coat of arms is made of the white rose of Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
("barbed and seeded"), acorns ("slipped" — which means "with a bit of stalk"), and the lamb, which is a device shown on the arms of the Foundling Hospital. It also features the school motto — Non sibi sed omnibus ("Not for oneself but for all").
Houses
The school has four houses: WoolmanJohn Woolman
John Woolman was an American itinerant Quaker preacher who traveled throughout the American colonies and in England, advocating against cruelty to animals, economic injustices and oppression, conscription, military taxation, and particularly slavery and the slave trade.- Origins and early life...
, Gurney
Joseph John Gurney
Joseph John Gurney was a banker in Norwich, England and an evangelical Minister of the Religious Society of Friends , whose views and actions led, ultimately, to a schism among American Quakers.-Biography:...
, Penn
William Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...
and Fothergill
John Fothergill (physician)
John Fothergill FRS was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker.- Life and work :...
. Penn, Gurney and Woolman were all famous Quakers, and John Fothergill
John Fothergill (physician)
John Fothergill FRS was an English physician, plant collector, philanthropist and Quaker.- Life and work :...
, also a Quaker, was the founder of the school. Every pupil is assigned to one of the four houses at the start of their time at the school for inter-house events, which include sport, music, drama, poetry and art.
Students are also divided for meals according to their houses.
Uniform
The school uniform consists of grey trousers, grey socks, light blue shirt, navy school tie, and navy-blue jumper for boys, and navy skirt, blue-and-white-striped blouse, and navy jumper for girls.The sixth form boys wear a white shirt and grey trousers with a burgundy jumper or black jacket, while sixth-form girls wear a white blouse and Navy skirt with a burgundy jumper.
Music
The school has a strong musical tradition, with every first-year student being given free tuition on three instruments. In 1995, a purpose-built music facility was built on the site of one of the old boarding houses, comprising a recital hall with seating for 180, 14 practice rooms, 2 classrooms, a music library and a recording studio. Summer schools are sometimes held there during school holidays.Boarding
Boarders live in separate boys' and girls' boarding houses. Until 1997, the school timetable included Saturday morning lessons, leaving Wednesday afternoons free, providing a more-balanced week for boarders. The changing demographic of the school has led to this being phased out.Sixth Form
When students reach the sixth form, they are all allocated a shared or single study in designated areas. There are two study blocks for Lower Sixth (known as the West Wing Studies and the Old Art Block), and two for Upper Sixth (known as the Fothergill Studies and the Old Library). Sixth formers have free periods during which they are encouraged to study. Students must stay within school premises during these free periods.Charity Week
Each year in the week before October half term is Ackworth's Charity Week. Two charities, one national and one international, are chosen for which the school then raises money through a series of events. Included within these events are cake stalls, auctions, concerts and the sale of doughnuts and hot dogs. One event involves putting sixth formers in stocks and allowing younger students to throw water at them.One of the most-popular events of Charity Week is the staff/sixth-form entertainment. The sixth form and certain members of staff are encouraged to prepare a series of sketches to entertain younger students. In the middle of the event, a fund-raising activity occurs, where the sixth form raise money from the other students.
On the Thursday of Charity Week the school celebrates Founder's Day, the day on which in 1779 the school was founded. The whole school gathers in the Meeting House and sings the Founder's Day Hymn before each year group departs on a day trip, usually a walk.
Union with other Quaker schools
In 2007, the National Quaker Choral Festival was held at the school, where pupils from Quakers schools all over England came to sing in a large choir to Karl JenkinsKarl Jenkins
-Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...
' "The Armed Man
The Armed Man
The Armed Man is a Mass by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, subtitled "A Mass for Peace". The piece was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, and to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds, and it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis...
".
On 28 March 2009, the Bridge Film Festival — which had been held at Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn Friends School
Brooklyn Friends School is a Quaker school in New York City. Brooklyn Friends School is an independent, college preparatory Quaker school serving a culturally diverse educational community of approximately 700 students, ages 20 months through 12th grade.-History:Founded in 1867 by the Religious...
, located in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, for the last nine years — was held at the school. It is a Quaker film festival in which students make a film which is judged and prizes are awarded. The school entered the 2008 festival, sending several students to Brooklyn Friends School to witness the festival. For the 2009 festival, student Simon Waldock prepared a film about the history of the school; the film involved an interview with a former scholar from the 1950s.. The film did not win but was commended by judges.
Alumni
The school's former pupils are called Ackworth Old Scholars. There is an active Old Scholars Association, with an annual Easter gathering in the school. Notable Old Scholars include:- Elizabeth Robson (1771–1843), Quaker minister
- Jacob PostJacob Post-Life:Jacob Post was born at Whitefriars in London on 12 September 1755. His parents, John and Rosamund Post, enrolled him at the relatively new Ackworth School in Yorkshire which was run by the Society of Friends. By 1787 Post moved to Islington and wrote in support of the emerging evangelical...
(1774–1855), Quaker religious writer - William Darton (1781–1854), publisher
- Thomas Hancock (1783–1849), physician and epidemiologistEpidemiologyEpidemiology is the study of health-event, health-characteristic, or health-determinant patterns in a population. It is the cornerstone method of public health research, and helps inform policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive...
- Joseph Sams (1784–1860), bookseller and antiquities dealer
- Samuel Tuke (1784–1857), philanthropist and asylumPsychiatric hospitalPsychiatric hospitals, also known as mental hospitals, are hospitals specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialise only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients...
reformer - Susanna Corder (1787–1864), educationist and Quaker biographer
- Thomas EdmondsonThomas EdmondsonThomas Edmondson is the inventor of theEdmondson railway ticket....
(1792–1851), inventor of the first railway-ticket printing machine - William HowittWilliam HowittWilliam Howitt , was an English author.He was born at Heanor, Derbyshire. His parents were Quakers, and he was educated at the Friends public school at Ackworth, Yorkshire. His younger brothers were Richard and Godrey whom he helped tutor. In 1814 he published a poem on the Influence of Nature and...
(1792–1879), writer - Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen (1792–1836), poet and translator
- Henry AshworthHenry Ashworth (nonconformist)Henry Ashworth was an English cotton manufacturer, friend of Richard Cobden, and vigorous supporter of the Anti-Corn Law League.-Early life and business career:...
(1794–1880), cottonCottonCotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
master - Benjamin Barron Wiffen (1794–1867), biographer
- George Edmondson (1798–1863), headmaster of Queenwood Hall
- Sarah Ellis (1799–1872), writer and educationist
- John PriestmanJohn PriestmanSir John Priestman, 1st Baronet was a British shipbuilder and charitable benefactor.Priestman was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, the son of Robert Priestman , a baker, and Jane Smith ....
(1805–1866), worstedWorstedWorsted , is the name of a yarn, the cloth made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from the village of Worstead in the English county of Norfolk...
manufacturer and pacifistPacifismPacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :... - James WilsonJames Wilson (UK politician)James Wilson was a Scottish businessman, economist and Liberal politician. He founded The Economist and the Standard Chartered Bank.-Early life:...
(1805–1860), economistEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, founder of The EconomistThe EconomistThe Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
, politician, and Financial Member of the Council of IndiaCouncil of IndiaThe Council of India was the name given at different times to two separate bodies associated with British rule in India.The original Council of India was established by the Regulating Act of 1773 as a council of four formal advisors to the Governor-General at Fort William...
, 1859–1860 - Anna Richardson (1806–1892), philanthropist, slaverySlaverySlavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...
abolitionistAbolitionismAbolitionism is a movement to end slavery.In western Europe and the Americas abolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and set slaves free. At the behest of Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas who was shocked at the treatment of natives in the New World, Spain enacted the first...
and pacifistPacifismPacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :... - Henry Richardson (1806–1885), philanthropist and pacifistPacifismPacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :...
- Thomas ThomassonThomas ThomassonThomas Thomasson was a political economist and a campaigner for the repeal of the Corn Laws who was one of Bolton's greatest benefactors....
(1808–1876), cottonCottonCotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
master - Henry Doubleday (1810–1902), starchStarchStarch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store...
manufacturer and comfreyComfreyComfrey is an important herb in organic gardening. It is used as a fertilizer and also has many purported medicinal uses...
cultivator - Thomas Lister (1810–1888), poet and naturalist
- Jane Procter (1810–1882), headmistress of Polam HallPolam HallPolam Hall is an independent school located in the town of Darlington, County Durham, England. The Head is John Moreland.-History of Polam Hall :...
, DarlingtonDarlingtonDarlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
; and temperanceTemperance movementA temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
campaigner - John BrightJohn BrightJohn Bright , Quaker, was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. He was one of the greatest orators of his generation, and a strong critic of British foreign policy...
(1811–1889), politician - Thomas Harvey (1812–1884), philanthropist
- William Allen MillerWilliam Allen MillerWilliam Allen Miller FRS was a British scientist.He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and educated at Ackworth School and King's College London....
(1817–1870), chemistChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds.... - Francis FrithFrancis FrithFrancis Frith was an English photographer of the Middle East and many towns in the United Kingdom....
(1822–1898), photographer - Henry TennantHenry TennantHenry Tennant was a British railway administrator. He served as General Manager of the North Eastern Railway from 1870 to 1891. He was chairman of the Central London Railway from 1895 to 1898 and a director of the company after that....
(1823–1910), General Manager, North Eastern RailwayNorth Eastern Railway (UK)The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...
, 1870–1891 - William Farrer Ecroyd (1827–1915), worstedWorstedWorsted , is the name of a yarn, the cloth made from this yarn, and a yarn weight category. The name derives from the village of Worstead in the English county of Norfolk...
manufacturer and politician - John Howard NodalJohn Howard Nodal-Life:He was son of Aaron Nodal , of the Society of Friends, a grocer and member of the Manchester town council. Born in Downing Street, Ardwick, Manchester, on 19 September 1831, he was educated at Ackworth School, Yorkshire . At seventeen he became a clerk of the Electric Telegraph Company, and...
(1831–1909), journalist and dialectDialectThe term dialect is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors,...
ologist - Sir James Reckitt (1833–1924), starchStarchStarch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store...
, blueBlueBlue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
and polishPolishingPolishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or using a chemical action, leaving a surface with a significant specular reflection In some materials polishing is also able to reduce diffuse reflection to...
manufacturer - William Marshall Cooper (1833–1921), civil engineer, artist, surveyor and cartographer
- John Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
(1834–1920), botanistBotanyBotany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses... - Henry Bowman Brady (1835–1891), naturalist and pharmacistPharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
- Sir Henry BinnsHenry BinnsSir Henry Binns, KCMG was Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal, South Africa from 5 October 1897 - 8 June 1899....
(1837–1899), Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of Natal, 1897–1899 - Thomas William WorsdellThomas William WorsdellThomas William Worsdell was a British locomotive engineer. He was born in Liverpool into a Quaker family.-Family:...
(1838–1916), steam-locomotive engineer - Alfred DarbyshireAlfred Darbyshire-Education and career:Alfred Darbyshire was born in Salford to William Darbyshire, the manager of a dyeworks, and his wife Mary née Bancroft. He was a nephew of George Bradshaw, the compiler of railway guides. He went to a succession of Quaker schools and was then articled to the architects'...
(1839–1908), architect - Henry Ashby (1846–1908), paediatricianPediatricsPediatrics or paediatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. A medical practitioner who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician or paediatrician...
- Wilson WorsdellWilson WorsdellWilson Worsdell was a British locomotive engineer who was locomotive superintendent of the North Eastern Railway from 1890 to 1910. He was the younger brother of T.W. Worsdell.-Family:...
(1850–1920), railway engineer - Joseph SouthallJoseph SouthallJoseph Edward Southall RWS NEAC RBSA was an English painter associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.A leading figure in the nineteenth century revival of painting in tempera, Southall was the leader of the Birmingham Group of Artist-Craftsmen—one of the last outposts of Romanticism in...
(1861–1944), painter and pacifistPacifismPacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :... - John Henry Salter (1862–1942), naturalist and diaristDiaryA diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
- Eva Gilpin (1868–1940), founder and headmistress of the Hall SchoolHall SchoolHall School may refer to:*Fred P. Hall Elementary School*Hall School Wimbledon*Hall School...
, WeybridgeWeybridgeWeybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the River Wey, from which it gets its name... - William Arthur BoneWilliam Arthur BoneWilliam Arthur Bone FRS was a British fuel technologist and chemist.He was born in Stockton-on-Tees, the son of tea merchant Christopher and Mary Elizabeth Bone. He was educated at Middlesbrough High School, the Ackworth Quaker school and Stockton High School...
(1871–1938), chemistChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
and fuel technologist - Basil BuntingBasil BuntingBasil Cheesman Bunting was a significant British modernist poet whose reputation was established with the publication of Briggflatts in 1966. He had a lifelong interest in music that led him to emphasise the sonic qualities of poetry, particularly the importance of reading poetry aloud...
(1900–1985), poet - Sir Joseph Burrt HutchinsonJoseph HutchinsonSir Joseph Burtt Hutchinson FRS was a British biologistHe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in Mar 1951 and was awarded their Royal Medal in 1967 "In recognition of his distinguished work on the genetics and evolution of crop-plants with particular reference to cotton."His FRS...
(1902–1988), geneticistGeneticsGenetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
and professor of agricultureAgricultureAgriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the... - Kathleen Tillotson (1906–2001), literary scholar
- Geoffrey BarracloughGeoffrey BarracloughGeoffrey Barraclough was a British historian, known as a medievalistand historian of Germany.He was educated at Bootham School in York and at Bradford Grammar School...
(1908–1984), historian - Sir Arthur SnellingArthur SnellingSir Arthur Wendell Snelling was a senior British civil servant and diplomat.He was educated at Ackworth School, Yorkshire, and University College, London....
(1914–1996), diplomat - Peter Strevens (1922–1989), linguistic scholarLinguisticsLinguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
- James FearnleyJames FearnleyJames Fearnley is an English musician. He plays accordion in the folk/punk band The Pogues.As a child he was a choir treble, but his voice changed at the age of sixteen. He took piano lessons but did not enjoy it, so he chose to learn the guitar instead...
(born 1954), musician and member of the PoguesThe PoguesThe Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before... - Dr. Fiona WoodFiona WoodFiona Melanie Wood, AM is a British born plastic surgeon working in Perth, Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service...
(born 1958), burns-treatment pioneer, Australian of the YearAustralian of the YearSince 1960 the Australian of the Year Award has been part of the celebrations surrounding Australia Day , during which time the award has grown steadily in significance to become Australia’s pre-eminent award. The Australian of the Year announcement has become a very prominent part of the annual... - Philip J DayPhilip J DayPhilip J Day is a British Documentary film director and Peabody Award winner. His documentary credits include, National Geographic Channel, Discovery, BBC TV, Channel Four , The History Channel, TLC and PBS....
(born 1959), documentary filmmaker - James WillstropJames WillstropJames Willstrop is a professional squash player from England.-Biography:Willstrop is recognised as a young squash talent with a big future ahead of him...
(born 1983), squashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
player - Kweku Adoboli (born 1980), Investment Banker
Further reading
- Ackworth School Annual Reports.
- Ackworth School, Then and Now: Ackworth School Bicentenary Exhibition Catalogue. (Pub. 1979).
- Alphabetical list of scholars 1779-1979. Prepared by Arthur G. Olver, typescript.
- The Cupola: The Ackworth School Magazine, West Yorkshire Archives, Wakefield.
- Foulds, V.E. (1991). Ackworth School.
- Foulds, V.E. (1979). So Numerous a Family: 200 Years of Quaker Education at Ackworth.
- Thompson, H. (1879). A History of Ackworth School.
- Vipont, Elfrida (1959). Ackworth School: from its Foundation in 1779 to the Introduction of Co-Education in 1946. Lutterworth PressLutterworth PressThe Lutterworth Press is one of the oldest independent British publishing houses. It has been trading since the late eighteenth century initially as the Religious Tract Society...
(London). - Linney, Geo. F. (1853). The History of Ackworth School.