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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone smarter than I am please tell me who these people are: Walter Johnson, Thomas Wootton, Richard Montgomery, TC Williams, Charles E. Smith, St Stephen & St Agnes, and Benjamin Banneker.  I know I could Google it, but since many people here are saying it's so easy and obvious to know who a school is named after, I'm hoping you'll answer.  TIA for making me more informed.[/quote]

I hope that this is a joke.  Montgomery County was named after Richard Montgomery.  He was a Revolutionary War general.  Walter Johnson was the greatest right handed baseball pitcher of all-time.  He lived right down the street from the site of the present school and later was on the county council.  He pitched for the Washington Senators.

Thomas Wootton is the father of Montgomery County.  If it weren't for him we would be living in Frederick County.

Charles E. Smith was a famous philanthropist   who started the school and as a result the school is named after him.

I am the OP.  The answer to my original question is that I have never encountered a Wootton student who knew who their school is named after.  Churchill, Whitman, Walter Johnson, and Richard Montgomery students always know and can tell you facts that are not well known.    [/quote]

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