Editing Richard Busby (section)

{{Short description|English Anglican priest (1606–1695)}}
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| name        = Richard Busby 
| image       = Richard Busby from NPG.jpg
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| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1606|9|22}}
| birth_place = [[Lutton, Lincolnshire|Lutton]], Lincolnshire, England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|1695|4|6|1606|9|22}}<ref>[[s:Busby, Richard (DNB00)|"Busby, Richard", ''Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900,'' Volume 8]]</ref>
| death_place = [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], England
| church      = [[Church of England]]
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| education   = [[Westminster School]]<br/>[[Christ Church, Oxford]]
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| title       = Head Master of [[Westminster School]]
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'''Richard Busby''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ʌ|z|b|i}}; 22 September 1606 – 6 April 1695) was an English [[Anglican]] priest who served as head master of [[Westminster School]] for more than fifty-five years. Among the more illustrious of his pupils were [[Christopher Wren]], [[Robert Hooke]], [[Robert South]], [[John Dryden]], [[John Locke]], [[Matthew Prior]], [[Henry Purcell]], [[Sir Thomas Millington|Thomas Millington]] and [[Francis Atterbury]].