Henry Drury
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Henry Joseph Thomas "Harry" Drury (27 April 1778 – 5 March 1841) was an English educator, classical scholar, and friend of Lord Byron
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Henry Drury was born 27 April 1778, at Harrow, London, the son of Joseph Drury
, headmaster of Harrow School
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He was educated at Harrow and Eton College
and was a scholar (BA 1801 and MA 1804) and later Fellow at King's College, Cambridge
.
He was a master at Harrow for 41 years from 1801 to 1841 and was tutor there to Lord Byron
to whom he became a close friend and correspondent. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1818
Drury was elected to the Roxburghe Club
on its first anniversary in 1813.
He died at Harrow on 5 March 1841. In 1808 he had married Caroline Taylor, daughter of A.W.Taylor. Caroline's sister later married Francis Hodgson
, Provost of Eton.
A mezzotint of Drury by Thomas Hodgetts, after Margaret Sarah Carpenter is in the National Portrait Gallery (London)
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
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Henry Drury was born 27 April 1778, at Harrow, London, the son of Joseph Drury
Joseph Drury
Joseph Drury was Head Master of Harrow School 1785–1805, and first of a dynasty of Drurys to teach at Harrow.He married Louisa Heath, from whose brother Benjamin Heath, he took over the head mastership of Harrow in 1785. His brother Mark Drury was Second Master at Harrow...
, headmaster of Harrow School
Harrow School
Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
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He was educated at Harrow and Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
and was a scholar (BA 1801 and MA 1804) and later Fellow at King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
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He was a master at Harrow for 41 years from 1801 to 1841 and was tutor there to Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, FRS , commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement...
to whom he became a close friend and correspondent. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in February, 1818
Drury was elected to the Roxburghe Club
Roxburghe Club
The Roxburghe Club was formed on 17 June 1812 by leading bibliophiles, at the time the library of the Duke of Roxburghe was auctioned. It took 45 days to sell the entire collection. The first edition of Boccaccio's Decameron, printed by Chrisopher Valdarfer of Venice in 1471, was sold to the...
on its first anniversary in 1813.
He died at Harrow on 5 March 1841. In 1808 he had married Caroline Taylor, daughter of A.W.Taylor. Caroline's sister later married Francis Hodgson
Francis Hodgson
Francis Hodgson , was a reforming Provost of Eton, educator, cleric, writer of verse, and friend of Byron....
, Provost of Eton.
A mezzotint of Drury by Thomas Hodgetts, after Margaret Sarah Carpenter is in the National Portrait Gallery (London)