Andrew Bell

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Andrew Bell was a Scottish educationalist and Anglican clergyman best known for developing the Madras system of education, which influenced schooling practices in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican clergyman ⓘ
educationalist ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
clergyOf Church of England ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1753-03-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1832-01-27 ⓘ
developed Madras system of education ⓘ
donated funds for educational endowments in Scotland ⓘ
educatedAt University of St Andrews ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish people ⓘ
fieldOfWork education ⓘ
pedagogy ⓘ
genre educational writing ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix Reverend ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn British elementary education in the 19th century ⓘ
hasOccupation writer ⓘ
influenced Joseph Lancaster ⓘ
schooling practices in Britain ⓘ
inspired monitorial schools in Britain ⓘ
knownFor Madras system of education ⓘ
monitorial system of education ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement monitorial education movement ⓘ
notableIdea use of older pupils as monitors to teach younger pupils ⓘ
notableWork An Experiment in Education ⓘ
occupation Anglican priest ⓘ
educationalist ⓘ
schoolmaster ⓘ
placeOfBirth St Andrews ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cheltenham ⓘ
positionHeld superintendent of Madras Male Orphan Asylum ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Cheltenham ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India

Scotland ⓘ

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Bell Baxter High School → namedAfter → Andrew Bell ⓘ