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[quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]Montgomery County was named after Richard Montgomery[/b].  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.

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

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]

Wootton was totally jipped!  I vote we petition for a name change to Wotton county![/quote]

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