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Dulwich College is a 2–18 private, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars. It began to grow into a large school from 1857, and took its current form in 1870 when it moved into its current premises.
Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, South London. It opened to the public in 1817 and was designed by the Regency architect Sir John Soane by using an innovative and influential method of illumination. It is the oldest public art gallery in England and was made an independent charitable trust in 1994. Until then, the gallery was part of the College of God's Gift, a charitable foundation established by the actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist Edward Alleyn in the early 17th century. The acquisition of artworks by its founders and bequests from its many patrons resulted in Dulwich Picture Gallery housing one of the country's finest collections of Old Masters, especially rich in French, Italian and Spanish Baroque paintings, and in British portraits from the Tudor era to the 19th century.
Edward "Ned" Alleyn was an English actor who was a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich.
James Allen's Girls' School, abbreviated JAGS, is a private day school situated in Dulwich, South London, England. It is the second oldest girls’ independent school in Great Britain - Godolphin School in Salisbury being the oldest, founded in 1726.
Alleyn's School is a 4–18 co-educational, private, Church of England, day school and sixth form in Dulwich, London, England. It is a registered charity and was originally part of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift charitable foundation, which also included James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS) and Dulwich College.
Alleyn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sir Cecil Pembrey Grey Wakeley, 1st Baronet KBE CB PRCS FRSE was a 20th-century British surgeon.
The College of God's Gift, often referred to as the Old (Dulwich) College, was a historic charity founded in 1619 by the Elizabethan actor and businessman Edward Alleyn who endowed it with the ancient Manor of Dulwich in south London. In 1857 it was renamed as Alleyn's College of God's Gift. The charity was reorganised in 1882 and again in 1995, when its varied component activities were split up into separate registered charities. The former constituent elements of College of God's Gift, which have been independent charities since 1995, are:
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Horatio David Davies was a London businessman, politician, magistrate and a driving force behind the establishment of Pimm's as an international brandname.
Thomas Alleyn was a prominent seventeenth century London citizen and the first Master of the College of God's Gift.
Arthur Herman Gilkes MA, was a noted educationalist, author, and clergyman, and was Master of Dulwich College from 1885 to 1914.
Alfred James Carver was a noted educationalist and cleric who was Master of Dulwich College from 1858 to 1883.
James Allen was a prominent 18th-century educationalist, Master of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich and was the founder of James Allen's Girls' School.
Matthias Alleyn was a 17th-century London gentleman and the second Master of the College of God's Gift.
Thomas Alleyn was the third Master of the College of God's Gift.
Raph Alleyn was a seventeenth-century London surgeon, and the fourth College of God's Gift.
Joseph Allen M.D. was a prominent eighteenth century physician, surgeon on Lord Anson's circumnavigation of the world, and Master of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich.
Christopher Herman Gilkes was a noted educationalist and was Master of Dulwich College, United Kingdom, from 1941 to his death in 1953.
John Allen was a prominent eighteenth and nineteenth century political and historical writer, and Master of the College of God's Gift in Dulwich. More than one street in Kensington, London, is named after him.