Tewkesbury Academy

For the school established in 1972, see Tewkesbury School.

The Tewkesbury Academy was an important centre of learning for the Dissenters of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England during the early 18th century. It was run by Samuel Jones and its students included both Dissenters such as Samuel Chandler and those who became significant Establishment figures such as Thomas Secker, who later became the Archbishop of Canterbury (1758–68), and Joseph Butler.[1][2]

  1. ^ Davies, William (1914). The Tewkesbury Academy: With sketches of its tutor and students. W. J. Gardner.
  2. ^ Parker, Irene (1914). Dissenting academies in England: their rise and progress, and their place among the educational systems of the country. Cambridge University Press. pp. 96-101. ISBN 978-0-521-74864-3.