Eton College

Summary

Eton College is a public school^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of public_school entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,990 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Eton College's religion is recorded as Church of England^[3].
• Eton College is located in Eton^[4].
• Eton College is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Eton College's image is recorded as Eton College Quadrangle.png^[6].
• Eton College's image is recorded as Eton College front 4.jpg^[7].
• Eton College's instance of is recorded as public school^[8].
• Eton College's instance of is recorded as independent school^[9].
• Eton College's instance of is recorded as boarding school^[10].
• Eton College's instance of is recorded as boys' school^[11].
• Eton College's coat of arms image is recorded as Etoncollegearms.svg^[12].
• Eton College's founder is recorded as Henry VI of England^[13].
• Eton College's ISNI is recorded as 000000012112764X^[14].
• Eton College's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 157729206^[15].
• Eton College's GND ID is recorded as 1000998-X^[16].
• Eton College's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50079557^[17].
• Eton College's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500300169^[18].
• Eton College's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12148630z^[19].
• Eton College's IdRef ID is recorded as 029974119^[20].
• Eton College's location is recorded as Eton^[21].
• Eton College's postal code is recorded as SL4 6DW^[22].
• Eton College's Commons category is recorded as Eton College^[23].
• Eton College's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35069072^[24].
• Eton College's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Eton College.wav^[25].
• Eton College's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 10058088^[26].
• Eton College's has part is recorded as Eton College Chapel^[27].

Body

Founding

Eton College's founder is recorded as Henry VI of England^[13]. +1440-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[28].

Identity

Eton College's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Kynge’s College of our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'}^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Eton College include Eton mess^[30] and Etonbreen^[31], a glacier^[32], in Norway^[33].

Why It Matters

Eton College ranks in the top 1% of public_school entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,990 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

It is credited with the discovery of floccinaucinihilipilification^[36], an English noun^[37]. Entities named for it include Eton mess^[30] and Etonbreen^[31], a glacier^[32], in Norway^[33].

FAQs

What did Eton College discover?

Eton College is credited as discoverer of floccinaucinihilipilification^[36].