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Dissenting academy in Warrington, Lancashire, England
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] Warrington (then part of Lancashire , now within Cheshire ), a town about half-way between the rapidly industrialising Manchester and the burgeoning Atlantic port of Liverpool. Formally dissolved in 1786, the funds then remaining were applied to the founding of Manchester New College in Manchester , which was effectively the Warrington Academy's successor, and in time this led to the formation of Harris Manchester College, Oxford .
A statue of Oliver Cromwell stands in front of the academy.[2]
History [ edit ]
It was called "the cradle of Unitarianism " by Arthur Aikin Brodribb writing in the Dictionary of National Biography English Presbyterians : Caleb Rotheram of the Kendal academy died in 1752, and Ebenezer Latham of the Findern and Derby academy in 1754.[3] John Seddon of Warrington , associated with the Octagon Chapel, Liverpool . The first site was the Cairo Street Chapel;[4]
Three tutors were chosen initially: John Taylor taught divinity ; John Holt, natural philosophy (i.e. science);[5] John Aikin , classics .[1] Henry Willoughby was the first president of the academy. Soon a fourth tutor was appointed. On the death of Dr. Taylor, in 1761, Aikin became tutor in divinity, and was succeeded in his old duties by Joseph Priestley . Among the other tutors who at some point joined the staff of the academy were Anna Barbauld (née Aikin), Johann Reinhold Forster , William Enfield , George Walker , Nicholas Clayton , and Gilbert Wakefield .
The academy hit difficulties, with falling rolls and financial problems leading to its closure in 1782. The disciplinary issues, coupled with unsettled debates over the principles of education, had led to a loss of confidence from the direction of the financial backers. It was formally dissolved in 1786, with the funds being divided in application to the successor Manchester Academy and the New College at Hackney , after a plan to amalgamate with the Daventry Academy of Thomas Belsham had come to nothing.[6]
Buildings [ edit ]
In 1981, the listed Academy building on Bridge Street was lifted from its foundations and moved 19 m north.[7] [8]
Alumni, staff, supporters [ edit ]
When the academy was dissolved in 1786, 393 pupils, many of whom entered the legal and medical professions, had been on the books.
People associated with it include:
Students
Staff
In addition to those mentioned above:
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^ ODNB articles on Rotheram and Latham.
^ "Heritage Open Days - Directory - HOD008827E" . www.heritageopendays.org.uk . Archived from the original on 23 September 2009.
^ "Full text of "Warrington academy,its history and influence," . Internet Archive . Retrieved 28 June 2023 .
^ Wykes, David L. (1996). "The Dissenting Academy and Rational Dissent" . In Haakonssen, Knud (ed.). Enlightenment and Religion: Rational dissent in eighteenth-century Britain . pp. 131–2. ISBN 9780521560603
^ "Engineering Timelines - Warrington Academy, moving of" . www.engineering-timelines.com . Retrieved 20 February 2016 .
^ "www.hwells.co.uk - H WELLS, WARRINGTON - Warrington's Past" . www.hwells.co.uk . Retrieved 20 February 2016 .
^ a b Hoare, Michael Edward (1975). The Tactless Philosopher: Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98) ISBN 978-0-7256-0121-8
^ FULTON, JOHN F. (1933). "The Warrington Academy (1757-1786) and its influence upon medicine and science" . Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine . 1 2 ): 50–80. ISSN 2576-4810 . JSTOR 44437171 .
^ Jenny Uglow , The Lunar Men (2002), p. 55.
References [ edit ]
P. O'Brien, Warrington Academy 1757-86, its predecessors & successors . Wigan: Owl Books ISBN 0-9514333-0-X
Attribution
public domain : "Aikin, John (1713-1780) ". Dictionary of National Biography
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Aikin, John (1713-1780)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
