Shrewsbury School interiors (Library and Schoolroom) from "The Illustrated London News" 1861. Darwin attended this school as a boarder from 1818 to 1825. Darwin says in his autobiography (1887) "nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school,as it was strictly classical","the school as a means of education to me was simply a blank". Butler publically rebuked him for wasting his time on such "useless subjects" as Chemistry and,"he called me very unjustly a 'poco curante' and as I did not understand what he meant,it seemed to me a fearful reproach". Later in life Darwin complained that any reminder of the smell of the school's shared dormitary could still turn his stomach. He often ran the 15 minutes home to visit his nearby family home - mindful that he must get back to the school before lock-up or face a flogging | |
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