Eton College is a British independent boarding school located in Eton, near Windsor in England. It educates over 1,300 pupils, aged between 13 and 18 years and was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton".
伊顿公学是英国的一所私立的寄宿学校，坐落于伊顿市，紧挨着英格兰温莎。如今，它容纳了1300多名学生前来学习，这些学生的年龄在13~18岁。伊顿公学于1440年由国王亨利六世建立，被誉称“伊顿圣母国王公学”。
Eton is one of nine English independent schools, commonly referred to as "public schools", included in the original Public Schools Act 1868. Following the public school tradition, Eton is a full boarding school, which means all pupils live at the school, and is one of four such remaining single-sex boys' public schools in the United Kingdom to continue this practice . It has educated nineteen British Prime Ministers and generations of aristocracy , and has been referred to as the chief nurse of England's statesmen.
伊顿公学是英国9所私立学校之一，俗称“寄宿学校”，为初版《1868公立学校法案》中的学校之一。根据寄宿学校的传统，伊顿公学是一所全寄宿式学校，即所有的学生都要住校，英国1/4的公立男校继续这一传统。它培育出了19位英国首相和一代又一代的贵族，被称作是培育英国政界精英的摇篮。
