Lasting Influence of Colet
To this day, Colet's achievement is celebrated by St Paul's School, St Paul's Girls' School and Colet Court on John Colet Day at St Paul's Cathedral (having begun in 2003).
There is also a road named after him in the London suburb of Hammersmith, W6, Colet Gardens.
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