Gloucester_Theological_College

Gloucester Theological College

Gloucester Theological College

Former Anglican theological college

Gloucester Theological College (1868–1897) was an Anglican theological college for the Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol in Gloucestershire, England.

History

The college was established in 1868[1] (formally opened in 1869) by Charles Ellicott, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.[2] It closed in 1897,[3] the year that the Diocese of Gloucester was separated from the Diocese of Bristol.

The college was an affiliated college of Durham University.[4] The college had an academic hood of a full shape black stuff with the cape edged with puce-coloured satin.[5]

Notable staff

Notable alumni

  • Alfred Alston, hymnwriter.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Anglican Theological Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Victoria County History: Gloucester, 1835-1985". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Anglican Theological Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Durham University: Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. [5]
    Wood, T.W., The Degrees, Gowns, and Hoods of the British, Colonial, Indian, and American Universities and Colleges, (1890: Thomas Pratt & Sons), p 15.
  6. [6]
    "Spence (post Spence-Jones), Henry Donald Moritz (or Maurice) (SPN861HD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. [7]
    "The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology". Retrieved 27 April 2021.


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