Sheffield Collegiate School
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53°22′34″N 1°29′42″W / 53.376°N 1.495°W
Established1836
Closed1885
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| Established | 1836 |
| Closed | 1885 |
Sheffield Collegiate School began in 1836 in new buildings on the corner of Ecclesall Road and Collegiate Crescent (now Grade II listed and part of Sheffield Hallam University[1]). The school enjoyed academic success but lacked sound finances. In 1884, the Governors of Sheffield Grammar School paid £7,000 to buy the school, which ceased to exist. The grammar school moved onto the site and the next year was renamed as Sheffield Royal Grammar School.[2]
In 1905 Sheffield City Council acquired both Wesley College and SRGS and they were merged on the site of the former to form King Edward VII School (KES), named after the reigning monarch.
| 1836–1842 | Thomas W. Mellor, M.A. | 1861–1871 | George B. Atkinson, M.A. |
| 1843–1853 | George A. Jacob, M.A. DD | 1872–1879 | James Cardwell, M.A. |
| 1853–1855 | William S. Grignon, M.A. | 1880–1884 | John J. Dyson, M.A. |
| 1856–1860 | Edward D. Ward, M.A |
Notable alumni of Sheffield Collegiate School
- John Cordeaux (1831–1899) – ornithologist
- Nathaniel Creswick (1826–1917) – co-founder of Sheffield F.C. and the Sheffield Rules
- Henry Jackson (1839–1921) – Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge
- George Rolleston (1829–1881) – Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Oxford
- Henry Clifton Sorby (1826–1908) – scientist, microscopist