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The New College at Hackney (more ambiguously known as Hackney College) was a dissenting academy set up in Hackney in April 1786 by the social and political reformer Richard Price and others; Hackney at that time was a village on the outskirts of London, by Unitarians. [1] It was in existence from 1786 to 1796.
The story of New College, Hackney begins in the London Coffee House, Cheapside on 13 December 1785. On that evening an eclectic group of wealthy, reform-minded Protestant dissenters convened to discuss the problems that they and their brethren faced in securing suitable educational opportunities for their sons. Unable to take degrees from
The college was originally named Hackney College when it was formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of Hackney and Stoke Newington College of Further Education with those sites of Poplar Technical College that had been established in Hackney.
New College and Hackney College became constituents of the University of London 's Faculty of Theology when the faculty was created in 1900. [4] They were united by Act of Parliament in 1924 as Hackney and New College, which was renamed New College, London in 1936.
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Há 2 dias · Online Publications. New College, Hackney (1786-96): A Selection of Printed and Archival Sources (second edition, revised 2011), edited by Stephen Burley. New College, Hackney c. 1790 -- Reproduced with permission of the London Borough of Hackney Archives and the City of London, London Metropolitan Archives.
The following year magnificent new premises in Hackney are purchased and reno-vated. On 29 September 1787 twelve young men (eight ministerial and four lay students) are admitted, an order of precedence established, and the laws of the house read aloud and approved by all. New College has been launched.
