Warrington Academy

Warrington Academy

Warrington Academy 1756-1786, was an early dissenters' college in Warrington, Cheshire. It gave rise to the Manchester Academy.

People associated with it include:
* Anna Laetitia Barbauld
* John Goodricke
* Thomas Malthus
* Thomas Percival
* Joseph Priestley

External links

* [http://www.warc.org.uk/members/~jimlev/wac-int.htm Jim's Warrington Academy webpage]
* Photograph of Warrington Academy [http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/smith/imagedetail.cfm?PictureID=2350&position=8&keywords=priestley&subcoll=] , Edgar Fahs Smith Collection Schoenberg Center for Electronic Texts and Image, Accessed 05/10/2006.

References

* P. O'Brien M.D. entitled "Warrington Academy 1757 - 86: Its predecessors & successors" published by Owl Books ISBN 095143330X.


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