See also:ANDREW See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- ANDREW BELL (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
BELL (1753—1832)
, See also:British divine and educationalist, was See also:born at St See also:Andrews on the 27th of See also:March 1753
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He graduated at the university there, and afterwards spent some years as a See also:tutor in See also:Virginia, U.S.A
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On his return he took orders, and in 1787 sailed for See also:India, where he held eight See also:army chaplaincies at the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time
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In 1789 he became See also:superintendent of the male See also:orphan See also:asylum at See also:Madras, and having been obliged from scarcity of teachers to introduce the See also:system of mutual tuition by the pupils, found the See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme See also:answer so well that he 'became convinced of its universal applicability
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In 1797, after his return to See also:London, he published a small pamphlet explaining his views on See also:education
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Little public See also:attention was See also:drawn towards the " monitorial " See also:plan till See also:Joseph See also:Lancaster (q.v.), the Quaker, opened a school in See also:Southwark, conducting it in accordance with See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell's principles, and improving on his system
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The success of the method, and the strong support given to Lancaster by the whole See also:body of Nonconformists gave immense impetus to the See also:movement
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Similar See also:schools were established in greatnumbers; and the members of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England, becoming alarmed at the patronage of such schools resting entirely in the hands of dissenters, resolved to set up similar institutions in which their own principles should be inculcated
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In 1807 Bell was called from his rectory of See also:Swanage in See also:Dorset to organize a system of schools in accordance with these views, and in 1811 became superintendent of the newly formed " See also:National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church." For his valuable services he was in some degree recompensed by his preferment to a prebend of See also:Westminster, and to the mastership of Sherburn See also:hospital, See also:Durham
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He tried, but without success, to plant his system in See also:Scotland and on the See also:continent
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He died on the 27th of See also:January 1832, at See also:Cheltenham, and was buried in Westminster See also:Abbey
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His See also:great See also:fortune was bequeathed almost entirely for educational purposes
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Of the £120,000 given in See also:trust to the See also:provost of St Andrews, two See also:city ministers and the See also:professor of See also:Greek in the university, See also:half was devoted to the See also:founding of the important school, called the Madras See also:College, at St Andrews; £1o,000 was See also:left to each of the large cities, See also:Edinburgh, See also:Glasgow, See also:Leith, See also:Inverness and See also:Aberdeen, for school purposes; and £1o,00o was also given to the Royal See also:Naval School
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See also:Southey's See also:Life of Dr Bell (3 vols.) is very tedious; J
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Meiklejohn's An Old Educational Reformer is concise and accurate
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