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| − | '''The Lawrenceville School''' is a [[prep school]] located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey about midway between Princeton and Trenton. It was founded in 1810<ref>as "The Maidenhead Academy," after the town of Maidenhead, NJ</ref> putting it among the twenty oldest boarding schools in the United States.<ref name=toptwenty>[http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/toptwenty.php Top school listings by category]</ref> | + | '''The Lawrenceville School''' is a [[prep school]] located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey about midway between Princeton and Trenton. It was founded in 1810<ref>as "The Maidenhead Academy," after the town of Maidenhead, NJ</ref> putting it among the twenty oldest boarding schools in the United States.<ref name=toptwenty>[http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/toptwenty.php Top school listings by category]</ref> |
It is famous as the setting for a series of novels by [[Owen Johnson]], loosely known as the loosely as the [[The Lawrenceville stories]], relating student life in Lawrenceville at the end of the 1900s. | It is famous as the setting for a series of novels by [[Owen Johnson]], loosely known as the loosely as the [[The Lawrenceville stories]], relating student life in Lawrenceville at the end of the 1900s. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:09, August 3, 2011
The Lawrenceville School is a prep school located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey about midway between Princeton and Trenton. It was founded in 1810[1] putting it among the twenty oldest boarding schools in the United States.[2]
It is famous as the setting for a series of novels by Owen Johnson, loosely known as the loosely as the The Lawrenceville stories, relating student life in Lawrenceville at the end of the 1900s.
Notes and references
- ↑ as "The Maidenhead Academy," after the town of Maidenhead, NJ
- ↑ Top school listings by category