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To what family, a century apart, did the mistresses of the Princes of Wales belong?

The English king Edward VII, the son of Queen Victoria, bore the title of Prince of Wales until the age of 59. During his lifetime, he had many mistresses, the last of which was Anna Keppel. Her great-granddaughter and granddaughter of Sony's second daughter, Camilla Parker-Bowles, was also the mistress of the current Prince of Wales, Charles, for a long time, but eventually managed to marry him. Sonya is considered the daughter of Anna Keppel's official husband, but it is possible that Camilla is a direct descendant of Edward VII.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Where did the first schools originate?

A school is a place where several people, usually children, come together to acquire certain knowledge and skills. You can note two distinctive features of the school: this is a certain place where several people study at once.

The Greek and Roman schools were the forerunners of all modern schools and colleges. But even in Greece many centuries ago there were times when one student was brought to one professional teacher. There were no schools or classes then.

Later, Greek speakers and philosophers, to whom students came and who had to travel a lot in order to give people knowledge, began to create some kind of school. The great Greek philosopher Plato was the first teacher to organize education in what he called "the academy". The term of study there was 3-4 years.

Ancient schools were usually located on the grounds where the military trained or held parades. These places were called gymnasiums. Later, Aristotle created his own school and called it a lyceum. Another thing is also interesting: in Germany, schools began to be called gymnasiums, in France - lyceums, and the Scottish name of the school is an academy! All three names have survived from the time of Plato and Aristotle.

Neither of these two schools looked like a modern educational institution. Rather, they were places for discussion, and only occasionally lectures or classes were given to students.

Around the year 250, the ancient Greeks realized that students should be taught grammar, so special grammar schools gradually appeared.

Still later, the Romans adopted their system of education from the Greeks. Roman schools were more similar to modern ones. Believe it or not, students went to Roman schools with the same reluctance that we sometimes go to modern ones. The students had to get up early, memorize complex rules, a foreign language and, in addition, behave appropriately. The disobedient and lazy were flogged with rods!

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