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Warwickshire town, 11 miles E of Coventry.
Many literary figures were educated at Rugby School, founded 1567, including the poet and essayist Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) and the novelist Thomas Hughes (1822-1896). Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) was the daughter of a master at the school and was born here.
The poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was born in Rugby. His father was a housemaster at Rugby School which Rupert attended until going to Cambridge University in 1906.
John Moultrie (1799-1874) was Rector of Rugby from 1825. He had some fame as a poet, as did two of his children, Gerald Moultrie (1829-1885) and Mary Moultrie.
Joanna Toye (1957- ), freelance writer and regular scriptwriter on long running BBC radio series The Archers, was born in Rugby and has lived in the West Midlands for most of her life.
Location map of Rugby courtesy of Streetmap.co.uk
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8 October 2002
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