See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

JOSHUA GIRLING See also:

• FITCH, JOHN (1743–1798)
• FITCH, RALPH (fl. 1583-1606)
• SIR JOSHUA GIRLING FITCH (1824-1903)

FITCH (1824-1903)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English educationist, second son of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• FITCH, JOHN (1743–1798)
• FITCH, RALPH (fl. 1583-1606)
• FITCH, SIR JOSHUA GIRLING (1824-1903)

Fitch, of a See also:

• COLCHESTER
• COLCHESTER, CHARLES ABBOT, 1ST BARON (1757-1829)

Colchester See also:

• FAMILY

family, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• SOUTHWARK

Southwark, See also:

• LONDON

London, in '824 . His parents were poor but intellectually inclined, and at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age Fitch started See also:

• WORK

work as an assistant See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in the See also:

• BRITISH

British and See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign School Society's elementary school in the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

Borough Road, founded by Thomas See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster . But he continued to educate himself by assiduous See also:

• READING

reading and attending classes at University See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College; he was made headmaster of another school at Kingsland; and in '85o he took his B.A. degree at London University, proceeding M.A. two years later . In 1852 he was appointed by the British and Foreign School Society to a tutorship at their Training College in the Borough Road, soon becoming See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal and in '856 principal . He had previously done some occasional teaching there, and he was thoroughly imbued with the Lancasterian See also:

• SYSTEM

system . In '863 he was appointed a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government inspector of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools for the See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• DISTRICT

district, from which, after intervals in which he was detached for work as an assistant See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner (1865-'867) on the Schools Inquiry See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission, as See also:

• SPECIAL

special commissioner (1869), and as an assistant commissioner under the Endowed Schools See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act (187o-1877), he was transferred in '877 to See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• LAMBETH

Lambeth . In 1883 he was made a See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief inspector, to superintend the eastern counties, and in 1885 chief inspector of training colleges, a See also:

• POST

post he held till he retired in '894 . In the course of an extraordinarily active career, he acquired a unique acquaintance with all branches of See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and became a recognized authority on the subject, his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official reports, lectures and books having a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the development of education in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . He was a strong See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate and supporter of the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement for the higher education of See also:

• WOMEN

women, and he was constantly looked to for counsel and direction on every sort of educational subject; his wide knowledge, safe See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and amiable See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character made his co-operation of exceptional value, and after he retired from official See also:

• LIFE

life his services were in active See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request in inquiries and on boards and committees . In 1896 he was knighted; and besides receiving such See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic distinctions as the LL.D. degree from St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews University, he was made a See also:

• CHEVALIER, ALBERT (1861– )
• CHEVALIER, MICHEL (1806-1879)
• CHEVALIER, ULYSSE (1841– )

chevalier of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour in '889 . He was a See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant contributor to the leading reviews; he published an important See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Lectures on Teaching (1881), Educational Aims and Methods, Notes on See also:

• AMERICAN

American Schools and Colleges (1887), and an authoritative See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of Thomas and See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold, and their Influence on English Education (see also the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article on ARNOLD, MATTHEW) in '9o'; and he wrote the article on EDUCATION in the supplementary volumes (loth edition) of this See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

encyclopaedia (1902) . He died on the '4th of See also:

• JULY

July 1903 in London .

A See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension was given to his widow, whom, as See also:

• MISS

Miss Emma Wilks, he had married in '856 . See also See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua Fitch, by the Rev . A . L . Lilley (1906) .