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Type. Dissenting academy. Established. 1756. ( 1756) Closed. 1782. ( 1782) Warrington Academy, active as a teaching establishment from 1756 to 1782, was a prominent dissenting academy, that is, a school or college set up by those who dissented from the established Church of England. [1]
The Warrington Academy was formed in the year 1757, through the energy of a young dissenting minister of. 4 Dr. Welch's remarks were unfortunately not recorded. 6 A note inserted in Osier's copy of Malpighi's Opera Omnia 1686 the inscription 'Presented to the Warrington Dispensary Medical.
Von 1761 an war er als Lehrer an der Warrington Academy in Lancashire, einer privaten Handelsschule, tätig. Ein Jahr später erhielt er die Priesterweihe und heiratete Mary Wilkinson. Priestleys Geburtshaus in Fieldhead, Birstall, West Yorkshire (ca. 10 km südwestlich von Leeds) [3]
Warrington Academy Warrington was, for a time in the second half of the 18th century, a major cultural centre. This reputation was largely based upon the Warrington Academy, which was founded in 1757 as a college for the sons of Protestant Dissenters who were excluded from the universities.
Warrington Academy, 1757-86 : its predecessors and successors. by. O'Brien, P. (Padraig), 1922-. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Warrington Academy (Warrington, England) -- History, Warrington Academy (Warrington, England), Education -- England -- History, Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History, Education -- history, Dissenters, Religious, ...
Soft music breathes along each op’ning shade, And sooths the dashing of his rough cascade. With mystic lines his hands are figur’d o’er, And circles traced upon the letter’d shore. Beneath his willows rove th’enquiring youth, And court the fair majestic form of truth.
This academy was built in 1757 or earlier, to train candidates for the Nonconformist ministry. Tutors included Joseph Priestley, John Aikin, Gilbert Wakefield and probably Marat; students included Josiah Wedgwood's eldest son Malthus.
