Gloucester Theological College

Former Anglican theological college

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

## History

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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

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* Edward Scobell, who was a lecturer at the college from 1877 to 1881.
* Donald Spence Jones, Principal, 1875–77.[6]

## Notable alumni

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* Alfred Alston, hymnwriter.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Anglican Theological Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
2. ^ "Victoria County History: Gloucester, 1835-1985". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
3. ^ "Anglican Theological Colleges". Retrieved 27 April 2021.
4. ^ "Archives and Special Collections: Durham University Records: Information". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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. ^ "Spence (post Spence-Jones), Henry Donald Moritz (or Maurice) (SPN861HD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
7. ^ "The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology". Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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