Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I have just re-read Thackeray's novel after almost 50 years and, though I can hardly be the first, I was stuck by the details of the public school which the young Rawdon Crawley is sent to, courtesy of Becky Sharp's notorious "patron", Lord Steyn. It seems to be a mixture of Charterhouse a...

Thanks, Andy. Very sad about John Smith, confirming the rumour I heard back then. (I have sent you a private message).

A year or two after I left CH (ca. 1974 or 5) I was shocked to hear that John Smith, whom I had greatly admired as a teacher of Greek and Ancient History, had suddenly died. Does anyone know more about the circumstances of his death (if this is not a taboo subject) and about his personal history in ...