Independent College, Homerton

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Independent College, later Homerton Academy, was a

dissenting academy in Homerton
just outside London, England, in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Background

In 1695 the Congregational Fund was set up in London to provide for the education of

Oxford and Cambridge, which was barred by law to English Dissenters. Around 35 of these so-called dissenting academies arose during the 18th century, offering education without the requirement of conformity to the Church of England.[1] They promoted a more modern curriculum of science, philosophy and modern history than the ancient universities who took a more traditionalist approach to learning. One of these was the Independent College, Homerton, which appointed Dr John Conder as President in 1754. It was supported by the King's Head Society
.

In 1850 the union of the Homerton establishment with Daventry Academy and Highbury College resulted in the creation of New College London.[2]

Foundation

Homerton College was known as King's Head Academy when it moved in 1768/69 from Plaisterers' Hall, London, to a large house on the north side of the high street of Homerton, in the parish of Hackney, close to London, in which they sought to base all their teaching. The trustees were appointed by the King's Head Society and were strict Calvinists.[3] From 1817 the trustees were appointed by the Homerton Academy Society instead of by the King's Head Society. The name was changed to Homerton College in 1823.[3]

Teachers and students

Doctorate of Divinity by Yale College
.

The college only ever had between 12 and 20 students at any time. In 1819 the society supported 12 of the 18 students with the remain 6 supported by the Congregational Fund Board.

Congregational missionary with the London Missionary Society to the Buryat people of Siberia.[10][11]

Evolution into Homerton College, Cambridge

In 1824, the building itself was added to and partially rebuilt. Not long afterwards, following the liberalisation of access to English universities, the work of the dissenting academies could become mainstream.

Established Church. In 1850, the College was re-founded by the Congregational Board of Education, to concentrate on the study of education itself. It did so by transferring its theological courses to New College London, of which the Rev. John Harris DD was Congregationalist Principal. The Congregational Board purchased the buildings at Hackney, and the students and staff moved into the vacant college buildings at Cambridge in 1894. Initially taking the name of Homerton New College at Cavendish College, it shortly became just Homerton College, Cambridge, with John Charles Horobin as the first principal.[12]

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-0-521-74864-3
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  2. ^ "New College, London (1850-1977)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c T. H. Simms (1979). Homerton College 1695 - 1978. Trustees of Homerton College.
  4. ^ "Conder, John (1714-1781)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Fisher, Daniel (1731-1807)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  6. ^ The changing shape of English nonconformity, 1825-1925, Dale A. Johnson
  7. ^ Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Blomfield, Ezekiel" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 231.
  8. ^ Killick, Stanley E (1967). The Congregational churches of Harleston Wortwell Denton and Alburgh: a short history. Ramsgate, Kent: The Church Publishers.
  9. ^ Jane Holloway (2019). Wisbech's Forgotten Hero. AuthorHouse.
  10. School of Oriental and African Studies
    . March 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  11. ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8
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  12. ^ "John Charles Horobin (1856–1902), Principal of Homerton College (1894–1902) | Art UK".

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