Gloucester Theological College
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Gloucester Theological College (1868–1897) was an Anglican theological college for the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol in Gloucestershire, England.
History[edit]
The college was established in 1868[1] (formally opened in 1869) by Charles Ellicott, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.[2] It closed in 1897,[3] the year that the Diocese of Gloucester was separated from the Diocese of Bristol.
The college was an affiliated college of Durham University.[4] The college had an academic hood of a full shape black stuff with the cape edged with puce-coloured satin.[5]
Notable staff[edit]
- Edward Scobell, who was a lecturer at the college from 1877 to 1881.
- Donald Spence Jones, Principal, 1875–77.[6]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Alfred Alston, hymnwriter.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Anglican Theological Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Victoria County History: Gloucester, 1835-1985". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Anglican Theological Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Durham University: Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Wood, T.W., The Degrees, Gowns, and Hoods of the British, Colonial, Indian, and American Universities and Colleges, (1890: Thomas Pratt & Sons), p 15.
- ^ "Spence (post Spence-Jones), Henry Donald Moritz (or Maurice) (SPN861HD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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