Английская Википедия:Hackney Academy (later Hackney College)

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:More citations needed Hackney Academy (later Hackney College) was a 19th-century seminary in London, known variously as Hackney Theological College, Hoxton Academy, and Highbury College. As the changing names suggest, it did not spend all of its existence in what is now the London Borough of Hackney. It eventually became part of New College, London, now subsumed within the University of London.Шаблон:Citation needed

The Hackney Theological Seminary began in 1802 as a philanthropic non-denominational venture promoted by the Anglican Rev. John Eyre of Homerton, and the Independent Rev. George Collison, with their associates, the Rev. Matthew Wilks of Whitefield's Tabernacle, Moorfields, and Rev. Rowland Hill of Surrey Chapel, Southwark. It opened the following year, with £10,000 from a wealthy resident of Homerton named Charles Townsend. This seminary was intended to send evangelical preachers into the countryside, what was at first called the Village Itinerancy Society, or Evangelical Association for the Propagation of the Gospel.Шаблон:Citation needed

According to the Victoria County History:

The training of ministers evolved as only part of the academy's function. It also raised funds to build dozens of new chapels, and worked closely with the non-denominational London Missionary Society, with which several of the college's founders were associated, to promote missionary work. On Collison's death in 1847, the presidency of Hackney Academy passed to the Rev. John Watson (1804–1859) of Union Chapel, Islington, who died when struck down by a vehicle on London Bridge.Шаблон:Citation needed

After 1871, the academy formally used the name Hackney College. In 1887, as it had outgrown its Well Street premises in Hackney, it took on new premises in Finchley Road, Hampstead, where it was associated with Peter Taylor Forsyth.Шаблон:Citation needed

In 1900, it merged with New College London and became part of the University of London. From 1924 onwards, it was known as Hackney and New College. Confusingly, the Hampstead building frequently used the name Hackney College.Шаблон:Citation needed

See also

• Previous institutions known as Hackney College

Further reading

• The Story of the Founding of Hackney College, as Told by Rev. Alfred Cave, B.A., D.D. (Principal of the College), at the Opening Meeting of the College Session, September 20, 1898.