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Eton College (/ ˈ iː t ən / ⓘ EE-tən) [3] is a public school providing boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated prime ministers , world leaders, Nobel laureates , Academy Award and BAFTA award-winning actors, and generations of the aristocracy , and has been ...
The Club belongs to Eton College [2] and was founded in 1840 although there are earlier references to rowing at the college (as early as 1791). In 1818, Eton challenged Westminster to a race and in 1829, a race actually took place. This race was known as 'The Challenge'. This race was reinitiated in 2019. [3]
The Chalcots Estate was built on land owned by Eton College, which is reflected in the names of the individual buildings. [ 2 ] The Estate comprises five high-rise tower blocks with a total of 711 or 717 flats, in four identical 23-storey towers (Taplow, Burnham, Bray, and Dorney), and one smaller 19-storey block (Blashford).
Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake and Meetings & Events Venue in England. It is near the village of Dorney , Buckinghamshire , and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Windsor and Eton , close to the River Thames .
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This is a list of Head Masters of Eton College since 1442. Note: for explanation of alternative year dates in this list, such as '1494/5', ...
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In May 2013, Eton College was criticised in several newspaper editorials about having asked potential scholarship students in 2011 how, if they were Prime Minister, they might defend the use of lethal force against twenty-five civilians by the Army, after two days of violent protests in which several policemen had been killed.