Claim: Mynors Bright was a senior optime in mathematics in college, but prior was educated at an English independent boarding school called Shrewsbury.
Evidence: He was educated at Shrewsbury, and entered Magdalene College, Cambridge, on 3 July 1835. He was a senior optime in mathematics, and took a second-class in classics. Shrewsbury School is an English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.