Heath Grammar School
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Halifax, West Yorkshire
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, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
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, England
England
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was founded in 1585 by Dr. John Favour
John Favour
John Favour was an English divine.-Life:Favour was born at Southampton, and was sent to Winchester College, whence he was elected probationer fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1576, and in 1578 was made complete fellow. In April 1584 he took the degree of LL.B., proceeding LL.D. on 5 June 1592 ....
. Its full title was The Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth at Heath, near Halifax. Henry Farror and his brother gave 2 acres (8,093.7 m²) of land in Skircoat Green and personally obtained the school charter from Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
at his own expense.
The original governors selected from among the most respectable of the parishioners were responsible for the appointment of the head master and usher the former of whom must have been a student for a period of five years at one of the Universities. The school house with 6 acres (24,281.2 m²) of land contiguous to it was given by Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury, Edward Savile Esq and Sir George Savile Knt in 1598 and several benefactions have since been added to the original endowment among which is one by the Rev Thomas Milner who by will in 1722 assigned to the Master and Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
, a reversionary grant of 1000 UKP for founding three scholarships for the benefit of the schools at Haversham
Haversham
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, Leeds
Leeds
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and Halifax and in 1736 his sister added 200 UKP for the same purpose. The head master received 80 UKP per annum, out of which he paid an usher
Gentleman Usher
Gentleman Usher is a title for some officers of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. See List of Gentlemen Ushers for a list of office-holders.-Historical:...
of his own appointment.
Dr Favour became the Vicar of Halifax in 1593.
The seal of Heath Grammar School shows a book with the Latin words:-
"Qui mihi discipulus puer es cupis atque"
translated:
"You who are my pupil and wish to be taught"
In 1985 the school was merged to form The Crossley Heath School.
The main school is now a listed Building.
Notable scholars
- Laurence SterneLaurence SterneLaurence Sterne was an Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy; but he also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics...
- Sir Titus SaltTitus SaltSir Titus Salt, 1st Baronet , born in Morley, near Leeds, was a manufacturer, politician and philanthropist in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. His father Daniel Salt was a businessman and was sent Titus to Batley Grammar School...
- Sir John Bonser (1859–66)
- Sir Frank Watson DysonFrank Watson DysonSir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS was an English astronomer and Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in testing Einstein's theory of general relativity.- Biography :Dyson was born in Measham, near...
, astronomer who introduced the Greenwich Time SignalGreenwich Time SignalThe Greenwich Time Signal , popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations to mark the precise start of each hour...
(1879–1886) - Sir Matthew SmithMatthew Smith (artist)Sir Matthew Smith was a British painter of nudes, still-life and landscape.-Biography:Matthew Arnold Bracy Smith was born on 22 October 1879 in Halifax, the son of a wire-manufacturer...
artist (1890–1895) - Sir Leonard BairstowLeonard BairstowSir Leonard Bairstow, CBE, FRS, FRAeS was a son of Uriah Bairstow, a wealthy Halifax, West Yorkshire man and keen mathematician. Born in 1880 in Halifax, Bairstow is best remembered for his work in aviation and for Bairstow's method for arbitrarily finding the roots of polynomials.As a boy,...
, mathematician (1891-8) - Sir David Wadsworth (1895–1902)
- Sir Eric Coates, engineer (1909–61)
- Sir Walter Stansfield CBE MCMilitary CrossThe Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
, Chief Constable of Denbighshire ConstabularyDenbighshire ConstabularyDenbighshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Denbighshire, Wales, until 1967, when it amalgamated with Gwynedd Constabulary and Flintshire Constabulary to form a new Gwynedd Constabulary, which was renamed North Wales Police in 1974.In 1965, the force had an...
from 1964-7 (1928–35) - Sir Charles Illingworth CBE, Regius Professor of Surgery, GlasgowRegius Professor of Surgery, GlasgowThe Regius Chair of Surgery at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1815 by King George III, who also established the Chairs of Chemistry and Natural History....
from 1939-64 (1910-7) - Raymond Heron CBE, engineer (1935–42)
- Prof Hugh Dudley CBE (1936–43)
- Professor Oliver SmithiesOliver SmithiesOliver Smithies is a British-born American geneticist and Nobel laureate, credited with the invention of gel electrophoresis in 1955, and the simultaneous discovery, with Mario Capecchi and Martin Evans, of the technique of homologous recombination of transgenic DNA with genomic DNA, a much more...
, Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
in 2007 (1936–43) - Lindsay ClarkeLindsay ClarkeLindsay Clarke is a British novelist. He was educated at Heath Grammar School in Halifax and at King's College Cambridge. He worked in education for many years, in Africa, America and the UK, before becoming a full-time writer. He currently lives in Somerset with his wife, Phoebe Clare, who is a...
, novelist (1950-7) - David Cawthra CBE, civil engineer and Chief Executive from 1988-91 of Balfour BeattyBalfour BeattyBalfour Beatty plc is a British construction, engineering, military housing, rail and investment services company. It is one of the largest construction companies in the UK, and the 15th largest in the world...
(1944–51) - Barrie InghamBarrie InghamBarrie Ingham is an English actor in stage, TV and film.-Life and career:Ingham was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, the son of Irene and Harold Ellis Stead Ingham. He was educated at Heath Grammar School and became a Royal Artillery Officer. His major theatre debut was at Manchester Library...
, actor (1945–52) - Keith Ackroyd CBE, pharmacist and Chairman from 1992-4 of the British Retail ConsortiumBritish Retail ConsortiumThe British Retail Consortium is one of the leading trade associations in the United Kingdom. They represent all forms of retailers from small, independently owned stores, to big chain stores and department stores...
(1945–52) - Barry Seal Labour MEP for Yorkshire WestYorkshire West (European Parliament constituency)Yorkshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering the western parts West Yorkshire in England, including Bradford and Halifax.Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England,...
from 1979-99 (1949–56) - Prof Andrew Wilkinson, President of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine 1999-2002 (1955–62)
- David Stoker