Dissenting Academies Project: Tutor Biographies and Academy Histories

These tutor biographies and academy histories were originally written for Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia, a fully searchable online resource funded by The Leverhulme Trust. The articles, written in the period 2011-13 by a wide range of scholars associated with the Dissenting Academies Project, have been extracted to form two substantial pdf documents which can be readily downloaded, enabling users more easily to make searches and comparisons:

Dissenting Academies Project - Academy Histories [PDF 3,476KB]

Dissenting Academies Project - Tutor Biographies [PDF 889KB]

Citations should include author's name, title of article, location, and year, for example: 

David L. Wykes, 'Manchester New College, Manchester (1840 to 1853)', Dissenting Academies Online: Database and Encyclopedia (2013).

 

Index to Tutor Biographies with authors

• Alliott, Richard (1804-1863) by Stephen Orchard
• Aspland, Robert (1782-1845) by Inga Jones
• Belsham, Thomas (1750-1829) by Stephen Burley
• Bennett, James (1774-1862) by Simon N. Dixon
• Bogue, David (1750-1825) by Christopher A. Daily
• Bretland, Joseph (1742-1819) by Inga Jones
• Broadbent, William (1755-1827) by Inga Jones
• Broadhurst, Thomas (1767-1851) by Stephen Burley
• Clayton, Nicholas (1730-1797) by Simon Mills
• Creak, Henry Brown (1821-1864) by Simon N. Dixon
• Dalton, John (1766-1844) by Inga Jones
• Davidson, Samuel (c.1806-1898) by Norman Vance
• Davies, Benjamin (1739-1817) by Noel Gibbard
• Enfield, William (1741-1797) by Simon Mills
• Fisher, Daniel (1731-1807) by Inga Jones
• Fletcher, John William (c.1729-1785) by Stephen Orchard and Isabel Rivers
• Fletcher, Joseph (1784-1843) by Simon N. Dixon
• Fraser, Daniel (c.1820-1902) by Simon N. Dixon
• Gentleman, Robert (1746-1795) by Inga Jones
• Gilbert, Joseph (1779-1852) by Simon N. Dixon
• Greatheed [Greathead], Samuel (1759-1823)
• Griffiths, Vavasor (?-1741) by Noel Gibbard
• Hall, Theophilus Dwight (1827-1916) by Simon N. Dixon
• Halley, Robert (1827-1885) by Simon N. Dixon
• Jackson, Thomas (1783-1873) by Isabel Rivers
• James, John (c.1768-c.1830) by Stephen Orchard
• Jenkyn, Thomas William (c.1794-1858) by Simon N. Dixon
• Jennings, David (1691-1762) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Jennings, John (c.1687-1723) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Kenrick, Timothy (1759-1804) by Inga Jones
• Kippis, Andrew (1725-1795) by Stephen Burley
• Lankester, Edwin (1814-1874) by Inga Jones
• Mason, Charles Peter (c.1820-c.1900) by Simon N. Dixon
• McAlpin, James (?-1732) by A. D. G. Steers
• Morell, Thomas (1781-1840) by Simon N. Dixon
• Newman, Francis William (1805-1897) by Inga Jones
• Newth, Alfred (1811-c.1875) by Simon N. Dixon
• Newth, Samuel (1821-1898) by Inga Jones
• Nicholson, Isaac (1761-1807) by Stephen Orchard
• Parry [Parrey], William (1754-1819) by Simon N. Dixon
• Payne, George (1781-1848) by Inga Jones
• Perrot, Clement (1786-1849) by Simon N. Dixon
• Perrot [Perrott], Thomas (?-1733) by Noel Gibbard
• Phillips, Maurice (1767-1822) by Simon N. Dixon
• Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804) by Simon Mills
• Rees, Abraham (1743-1825) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Roby, William (1766-1830) by Inga Jones
• Savage, Samuel Morton (1721-1791) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Scott, Walter (1779-1858) by Simon N. Dixon
• Scott [Scot], James (1710-1783) by Simon N. Dixon
• Seddon, John (1724-1770) by Simon Mills
• Smith, John Pye (1774-1851) by Inga Jones
• Smith, Thomas (1786-1853) by Simon N. Dixon
• Stowell, William Hendry (1800-1858) by Simon N. Dixon
• Taylor, John (1694-1761) by Simon Mills
• Turner, William (1788-1853) by Simon Mills
• Vaughan, Robert (1795-1868) by Simon N. Dixon
• Vint, William (1768-1834) by Simon N. Dixon
• Wakefield, Gilbert (1756-1801) by Stephen Burley
• Walker, George (c.1734-1807) by Simon Mills
• Walker, Samuel (?-c.1796) by Simon N. Dixon
• Wardlaw, Gilbert (1798-1873) by Simon N. Dixon

Index to Academy Histories with authors

• Abergavenny Academy (1757-1781) by Noel Gibbard
• Airedale Independent College (1800-1888) by Simon N. Dixon
• Associate Presbytery Divinity Hall (1737-1747) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Associate Synod (Burgher) Divinity Hall (1747-1820) and United Secession Divinity Hall (1820-1847) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Bala Calvinistic Methodist College (1837-1922) by Eryn M. White
• Baptist College, Stepney (1810-1856) and Regent's Park College, London (1856-1927) by John H. Y. Briggs
• Blackburn Independent Academy (1816-1843) by Simon N. Dixon
• Bristol Baptist Academy (1720 to present) by Roger Hayden
• Carmarthen Academy (c.1703-1795) by Noel Gibbard
• Carmarthen Academy, later Presbyterian College, Carmarthen (1795-1963) by Noel Gibbard and Isabel Rivers
• Cheshunt College (1792-1967) by Stephen Orchard
• Constitutional, Protester and United Original Secession Divinity Halls (1806-1852) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Cotton End Academy (1840-1874) by Simon N. Dixon
• Coward College (1833-1850) by Simon N. Dixon
• Daventry Academy (1752-1789) by David L. Wykes
• David Jennings's Academy, Wellclose Square (1744-1762) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Findern and Derby Academy (c.1712-1754) by David L. Wykes
• General Associate (Anti-Burgher) Divinity Hall (1748-1820) including New Light Anti-Burghers (1807-1820) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead   
• Gosport Academy (1777-1826) by Christopher A. Daily
• Hackney Unitarian Academy (1812-1818) by Inga Jones
• Homerton Academy (1769-1850) by David Thompson
• Horton Academy (1806-1859) and Rawdon College (1859-1964) by Peter Shepherd
• Hoxton Academy (1764-1785) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Hoxton Missionary College (1826-1830) by Christopher A. Daily
• Hoxton [Independent] Academy (1791-1826) and Highbury College (1826-1850) by David Thompson
• James Scott's Academy, Heckmondwike (1756-1783) by Simon N. Dixon
• John Fawcett's Academy (c.1773-1805), continued by John Fawcett Jr (1805-c.1832) by Peter Shepherd
• John Horsey's Academy, Northampton (1789-1798) by David L. Wykes
• John Jennings's Academy, Kibworth Harcourt and Hinckley (c.1715-1723) by Tessa Whitehouse
• Killyleagh Philosophy School (c.1696-c.1714) by A. D. G. Steers
• King's Head Society Academies (1731-1769) by Simon N. Dixon
• Lancashire Independent College (1843-1958) by Simon N. Dixon
• Leaf Square Academy (1811-1813) by Simon N. Dixon
• Manchester College, York (1803-1840) by David L. Wykes
• Manchester New College, London (1853-1889) by David L. Wykes
• Manchester New College, Manchester (1840-1853) by David L. Wykes
• Moorfields Academy (1712-1744) by Tessa Whitehouse
• New College, Hackney (1786-1796) by Stephen Burley
• New College, London (1850-1977) by David Thompson
• New College, Manchester (1786-1803) by David L. Wykes
• Newport Pagnell Academy (1783-1850) by Stephen Orchard
• Original Burgher (Old Light Burghers) Divinity Hall (1799-1839) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Pastor's College (1857 to present) by Raymond Brown
• Reformed Presbyterian Divinity Hall (1803-1876) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Relief Church Divinity Hall (1824-1847) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Rice Price's Academy, Tyn-ton (c.1698-c.1720) by Noel Gibbard
• Roger Griffith's Academy, Abergavenny (1697-1702) by Noel Gibbard
• Rotherham Independent College (1795-1888) by Simon N. Dixon
• Samuel Walker's Academy, Northowram (1783-1794) by Simon N. Dixon
• The Countess of Huntingdon's College, Trevecka (1768-1791) by Stephen Orchard and Isabel Rivers
• The Presbyterian College, London (1844-1899) by David Thompson
• Western Academy (1752-1845) by Inga Jones and David L. Wykes
• Timothy Kenrick's Academy, Exeter (1799-1805) by Inga Jones
• Trevecka Calvinistic Methodist College (1842-1906) by Eryn M. White
• Unitarian Home Missionary Board (1854 to present) by David L. Wykes
• United Presbyterian Church Divinity Hall (1847-1900) by Andrew T. N. Muirhead
• Warrington Academy (1757-1786) by Simon Mills
• Wesleyan Theological Institution: Hoxton (1834-1842) and Abney House (1839-1843) by Isabel Rivers
• Wesleyan Theological Institution: Northern Branch, Didsbury (1842-1940) by Simon N. Dixon
• Wesleyan Theological Institution: Southern Branch, Richmond (1843-1972) by Isabel Rivers
• Western College, Plymouth (1845-1901) by Inga Jones
• William Roby's Academy (1803-1808) by Simon N. Dixon
• Wymondley Academy (1799-1833) by Simon N. Dixon