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describes the students as "single men, eighteen years of age and upwards, producing testimonials of their piety, and being able to translate Virgil, having also some acquaintance with the Greek grammar, fractional arithmetic, and the elements of geography" and the curriculum as "Latin, Greek, Hebrew,
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Brown judges it the "largest and most prestigious" of the Dissenting Academies, but still, this meant it had only 40 students in the 1830s.
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to build a new college. By 1854, following the amalgamation of Highbury College into New College London, the building had become a
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Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of England Vol 2. United Kingdom, S. Lewis. 1835, p501
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in 1826. Trustees had acquired about five acres of land, and for £22 000 had commissioned
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A social history of the nonconformist ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930
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A social history of the nonconformist ministry in England and Wales, 1800-1930
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cause, and arranging for influential Nonconformists to meet
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The changing shape of English nonconformity, 1825-1925
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English nonconformist theological college, 1783–1854
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T. H. Shepherd
dissenting academy
English Dissenters
Christopher Newman Hall
New College London
Mile End
Hoxton
Highbury
John Davies
teacher training college
theological college
Church of England
Samuel Lewis
belles lettres
Christopher Newman Hall
Abraham Lincoln
abolition of slavery
American Civil War
Chartist
Gladstone
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Schools and colleges in Islington
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Arts and Media School, Islington
Beacon High
Central Foundation Boys' School

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