Palgrave Academy

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Palgrave Academy was an 18th-century Dissenting school in Suffolk, England, known for its progressive educational methods and association with prominent literary figure Anna Laetitia Barbauld.

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Palgrave 1
Palgrave Academy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dissenting academy
school
associatedWith Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Dissenting intellectual circles
Rochemont Barbauld
country Kingdom of Great Britain
curriculumIncludes classical languages
geography
history
literature
modern languages
religious instruction
science
educationalLevel boys’ school
educationType boarding school
nonconformist education
employed Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Rochemont Barbauld
genderAdmissionPolicy boys only
hadRoleAtInstitution Anna Laetitia Barbauld – teacher and administrator
Rochemont Barbauld – headmaster
hasEducationalPhilosophy emphasis on moral education
emphasis on rational religion
encouragement of independent thinking
relatively informal discipline compared to contemporary schools
hasNotableTeacher Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Rochemont Barbauld
historicalSignificance example of progressive 18th-century Dissenting education in England
influenced later Dissenting educational practices
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas
rational dissent
knownFor advanced curriculum for its time
association with Anna Laetitia Barbauld
liberal religious education
progressive educational methods
languageOfInstruction English
Latin
locatedIn East Anglia
England
Palgrave, Suffolk
Suffolk
operatedInCentury 18th century
opposedTo Anglican educational monopoly
region Suffolk
religiousAffiliation Dissenters
surface form: English Dissenters

Presbyterian tradition
status defunct
timePeriod Georgian era

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Anna Laetitia Barbauld employer Palgrave Academy
Anna Laetitia Barbauld residence Palgrave Academy
this entity surface form: Palgrave