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  2. The Stonehenge School - Wikipedia

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    The Stonehenge School is a mixed comprehensive school in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England for children aged 11 to 16. As of December 2022, the school had 940 places and 969 students were enrolled. [1] The school's logo is an image of Stonehenge. It is divided into a Lower school, Middle school and Upper school.

  3. Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle - Wikipedia

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    Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle tells the story of a school outing, with a bunch of uncontrollable fifth-formers and three teachers from a London comprehensive school, to Salisbury Cathedral. The children show no interest in the purpose of the trip, and are even indifferent towards a view of Stonehenge which they pass on the way: "a boring pile of ...

  4. Richard J. C. Atkinson - Wikipedia

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    Atkinson was born in Evershot, Dorset, and went to Sherborne School and then Magdalen College, Oxford, reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics. During the Second World War, his Quaker beliefs meant that he was a conscientious objector. In 1944, he became Assistant Keeper of Archaeology at the Ashmolean Museum.

  5. Stonehenge may have been rebuilt to unify Britain’s ... - AOL

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    Stonehenge was also the largest burial ground of its time, lending support to the idea that the site may have been used as a religious temple, a solar calendar and an ancient observatory all in one.

  6. Stonehenge, Queensland (Barcoo Shire) - Wikipedia

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    Stonehenge State School is a government primary (early childhood-6) school at 27 Bulford Street (11] [12] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of seven students with two teachers and four non-teaching staff (one full-time equivalent). [13]

  7. Timothy Darvill - Wikipedia

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    Timothy Darvill OBE FSA (22 December 1957 – 5 October 2024) was an English archaeologist and author, best known for his publications on prehistoric Britain and his excavations in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man.

  8. Cecil Chubb - Wikipedia

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    Stonehenge was one of several lots put up for auction in 1915 by Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus, soon after he had inherited the estate from his brother. [citation needed] Cecil Chubb's interest in the local area led to his attending the sale, with him bidding and purchasing Lot 15 on a whim for £6,600 (about £668,000/€788,000/$874,000 today), [3] as he wished to avoid the stones being acquired ...

  9. List of centenarians (educators, school administrators ...

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    American teacher and police officer [111] Frank Popper: 1918–2020: 102: Czech-born French-British historian of art and technology, professor and author [112] [113] Norman Porteous: 1898–2003: 104: British academic; Dean at the University of Edinburgh [114] Eva Gabriele Reichmann: 1897–1998: 101: German historian and sociologist [115 ...