Edward Thring
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Edward Thring was a celebrated British educator. He was headmaster of Uppingham School
Uppingham School
Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...

 and founder of the Headmasters' Conference in 1869.
Edward Thring was born at Alford, Somerset
Alford, Somerset
Alford is a village and parish on the River Alham, in Somerset, England, situated south of Shepton Mallet and two miles west of Castle Cary in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 63. It lies on the River Cary.-History:...

, the son of the rector, Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring and Sarah née Jenkyns. He was brother of Theodore Thring (1816-1891), Henry, Lord Thring, a noted jurist and Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, hymn writer Godfrey Thring
Godfrey Thring
-Life:Godfrey Thring was born at Alford, Somerset, the son of the rector, Rev. John Gale Dalton Thring and Sarah née Jenkyns. He was brother of Theodore Thring , Henry, Lord Thring , Edward Thring and John Charles Thring -Life:Godfrey Thring was born at Alford, Somerset, the son of the rector,...

, and John Charles Thring, a master at Uppingham School and deviser of the Uppingham Rules; he also had two sisters.
 
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