William Delafield Arnold
William Delafield Arnold (7 April 1828 – 9 April 1859) was a British author and colonial administrator.
He was the fourth son of Thomas Arnold who was the headmaster of Rugby School.
His older brothers included the poet and critic Matthew Arnold and the literary scholar Tom Arnold.
Not long after his father's death during 1842, William, a pupil at Rugby School, was part of a committee of three, Arnold, W. W. Shirley and Frederick Hutchins, that drew up the first written rules for football at Rugby School.
These rules were approved in August 1845 and published that same year, becoming the first known published set of rules for any code of football.
Later, William served as an educational administrator (during 1855) in Punjab, in British India; as the first director of public instruction in the Punjab, he was responsible for implementing "Halkabandi" in that province.
One of his most significant achievements was to enact a law separating church and state in public schools.
As a result, Hindu pupils who attended these schools were no longer required to study the Bible or the Koran in public schools.
This policy would later influence public schools in England as well.
While working in India, William wrote several articles for "Fraser's Magazine," mainly concerning "the India question" (see bibliography).
During 1853, William published a novel of Anglo-Indian life, "Oakfield; or, Fellowship in the East", which explores commonalities between spiritual traditions of the East and the West, while also predicting the "mutiny" that would occur soon afterward.
The main character of "Oakfield" is dying of disease contracted in India; its author was afflicted with the same disease.
William died aged thirty-one, at Gibraltar, on his way home from India.
Matthew Arnold's poem "A Southern Night" mourns his early death.
William's orphaned children were adopted by his sister Jane Martha and her husband William Edward Forster.
His eldest son Edward Penrose Arnold-Forster (1851 – 18 January 1927) was a manufacturer in Yorkshire and deputy lieutenant for the West Riding.
Another son, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, became a Cabinet minister in Arthur Balfour's government.
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Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
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He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator.
Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.
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Thomas Arnold
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Arnold was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement.
He was the headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, where he introduced a number of reforms that were widely copied by other prestigious public schools.
His reforms redefined standards of masculinity and achievement.

Question: When did William Delafield Arnold's father die?
Answer: 12 June 1842