Richard Busby
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Richard Busby was an English Anglican priest who served as head master of Westminster School for more than fifty-five years. Among the more illustrious of his pupils were Christopher Wren, Robert Hook
Richard Busby from NPG
Memorial to Busby in Westminster Abbey
Matthew Prior
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Matthew Prior was an English poet, statesman, and diplomat, who played a crucial role in securing the Treaties of Utrecht, serving as Minister Plenipotentiary to France from 1712 to 1715. He is also k
Richard Busby
…for more than fifty-five years. Among the more illustrious of his pupils were Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Robert South, John Dryden, John Locke, Matthew Prior, Henry Purcell, Thomas Millington and Francis Atterbury. Busby was born at Lutton in Lincolnshire, and educated at Westminster, where he first showed…
Portrait c. 1718
Prior by Thomas Hudson
Monument to Prior in Westminster Abbey