King Edward VI School, Lichfield Patriae, Scholae", is broadly translated as "for God, Country, and School". In the 18th century a number of eminent people were educated at the school. These included the great scholar and compiler of the first English dictionary, Dr. Samuel Johnson (the buildings of the former grammar school bear his name), David Garrick, the actor, and Joseph Addison, the essayist and politician. Two of the school's four houses are named after Addison and Garrick. (The other houses are named after Roger de Clinton who founded a priory in Lichfield in the 12th century and Erasmus Darwin, who lived in the City
Samuel Butler (schoolmaster) father, he named one of the roads laid out, Bishop Street, in honour of the grandfather. Butler's life has been written by his grandson Samuel Butler, author of "Erewhon" ("Life and Letters of Dr Samuel Butler", 1896); see also Baker's "History of St John's College, Cambridge" (ed. JEB Mayor, 1869); Sandys, "Hist. Class. Schol." (ed. 1908), vol. iii. p. 398. Butler collected some Greek manuscripts (e.g. Minuscule 202). Samuel Butler (schoolmaster) Samuel Butler FRS (30 January 1774 – 4 December 1839) was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury, and Bishop of Lichfield. His grandson was Samuel Butler (1835–1902),