Richard Hakluyt
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Richard Hakluyt was an English writer. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589–1600).
Hakluyt depicted in stained glass in the west window of the south transept of Bristol Cathedral – Charles Eamer Kempe, c. 1905
Image: Richard Hakluyt Divers Voyages 1582 signature
The library of Christ Church, Oxford, by an unknown artist, from Rudolph Ackermann's History of Oxford (1813)
The Norman chapter house of Bristol Cathedral (engraving 1882). Hakluyt was a member of the chapter.
Westminster School
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Westminster School is a public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as documented by the Croyland Chronicle and a charter of King Offa. Continuous existence is clear from the early 14th century. Its academic results place it among the top schools nationally; about half its students go to Oxbridge, giving it the highest national Oxbridge acceptance rate.
In the 2023 A-Levels, the school saw 82.3% of its candidates score A*/A.
Little Dean's Yard from Liddell's Arch
The entrance to Dean's Yard and Westminster School war memorial viewed from the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in August 2012
Liddell's arch, the main entrance to Little Dean's Yard
Liddell's House, and the school reception, taken from Dean's Yard