Thomas Arnold
(1795-1842), Headmaster of Rugby SchoolEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 5 portraits
Thomas Arnold was headmaster of Rugby school. He was a moralist, and an important educational theorist, his reforms at Rugby provided a pattern for public schools that influenced the whole course of nineteenth-century education. Arnold wrote a number of widely read pamphlets, sermons, and books.
by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, 1839
NPG 1998
by William Behnes
marble bust, 1849
NPG 168
by Benjamin Holl, after Thomas Phillips
stipple and line engraving, published 1844
NPG D8740
by Benjamin Holl, after Thomas Phillips
stipple and line engraving, published 1844
NPG D8741
Related People
- Matthew Arnold (son)
- Jane Martha Forster (née Arnold) (daughter)
- Mary Augusta Ward (née Arnold) (granddaughter)
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