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Thomas Arnold

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Thomas Arnold, 1840
Birth date	13 June 1795
Place of birth	West Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Date of death	12 June 1842(age 46)
Death place	Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Cause of death	angina pectoris
Resting place	Rugby School Chapel
Nationality	British
Education	Lord Weymouth's Grammar School (now Warminster School, Winchester School
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Occupation	Educator and historian
Known for	Reforms to Rugby School (immortalised in Tom Brown's Schooldays)
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1841-1842
Predecessor	Edward Nares
Successor	John Antony Cramer
Children	Matthew Arnold, Tom Arnold, William Delafield Arnold

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Dr. Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 - 12 June 1842) was a British educator and historian. Arnold was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. He was headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, where he introduced a number of reforms.

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