Richard Busby | |
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Born | Lutton, Lincolnshire, England | 22 September 1606
Died | 6 April 1695[1] Westminster, England | (aged 88)
Education | Westminster School Christ Church, Oxford |
Church | Church of England |
Title | Head Master of Westminster School |
Richard Busby (/ˈbʌzbi/; 22 September 1606 – 6 April 1695) 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 Hooke, Robert South, John Dryden, John Locke, Matthew Prior, Henry Purcell, Thomas Millington and Francis Atterbury.