 Wolverhampton Grammar School was founded in 1512, making it one of the oldest active schools in the UK.Old boys include Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England between July 2003 and 2013, and Sir David Wright, former British Ambassador to Japan.Other notably historic schools include The Royal Wolverhampton School (founded in 1850), and Tettenhall College (1863), which educated the winner of Nobel Prize for Chemistry, Professor Sir Arthur Harden.