James John Hornby
1826–1909
College head. Educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. Ordained, 1855. Second master, Winchester College, 1867. Headmaster, Eton College, 1868. Introduced French and science into the curriculum. Funded a chemistry laboratory at Eton, 1869. Provost of Eton, 1884. Member of the Alpine Club, 1864–1909.
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Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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