English Dissenting Academies movement
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The English Dissenting Academies movement was a network of nonconformist educational institutions in Britain that provided higher learning outside the Anglican-controlled universities, particularly for those barred from Oxford and Cambridge on religious grounds.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational movement
→
religious dissent movement → |
| basedOn |
Protestant dissent
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| cause |
exclusion of Dissenters from Oxford and Cambridge
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| country |
England
→
Kingdom of Great Britain → |
| dissolved |
19th century
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| fieldOfWork |
classical studies
→
history → mathematics → modern languages → natural philosophy → philosophy → theology education → |
| hasPart |
Bristol Baptist Academy
→
Carmarthen Academy → Daventry Academy → English dissenting academies → Exeter Academy → Homerton Academy → Hoxton Academy → Kendal Academy → Manchester Academy → New College, Hackney → Northampton Academy → Stepney Academy → Taunton Academy → Warrington Academy → |
| inception |
c. 1660s
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| influenced |
development of nonconformist colleges in Britain
→
expansion of scientific and rationalist education among Dissenters → rise of religiously liberal theology among English Dissenters → |
| influencedBy |
Puritan educational ideals
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| location |
Bristol
→
Exeter → London → Manchester → Warrington → |
| notableStudent |
Joseph Priestley
→
Theophilus Lindsey → |
| notableTeacher |
Caleb Ashworth
→
John Aikin → Philip Doddridge → |
| opposedTo |
Anglican monopoly on higher education
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Church of England religious tests → |
| purpose |
offer university-level education outside Oxford and Cambridge
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provide higher education for Protestant Dissenters → train ministers for dissenting churches → |
| religiousOrientation |
Baptist churches
→
Congregationalism → English Dissenters → Presbyterianism → Unitarianism → |
| significantEvent |
decline in the 19th century as universities opened to Dissenters
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expansion after the Toleration Act 1689 → |
| startTime |
late 17th century
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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John Aikin
("English Dissenting movement")
→
Nathaniel Mather ("English Nonconformists") → |
movement |
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Warrington Academy
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historicalContext |
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John Aikin
("English Dissenting intelligentsia")
→
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memberOf |
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John Seddon of Warrington
("English dissenting tradition")
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partOf |