St Aidan's College, Birkenhead
St Aidan’s College[1] was founded as a Theological College in 1846[2] to train Anglican clergy, to serve in the Church of England.[3] It was located in Shrewsbury Road, Birkenhead and closed in 1970. The name has been continued at St Mellitus North West;[4] and its archives are located at the University of Liverpool.[5]
Principals
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- 1856–1868 Joseph Baylee[6]
- 1869–1890 William Saumarez Smith[7]
- 1890–1901 Edwin Elmer Harding[8]
- 1907–1916 Arthur Tait[9]
- 1907–1916 Guy Warman[9]
- 1922 Rev R. T. Howard[10]
- 1959–1963 Michael Murray Hennell[11]
Alumni
Notable alumni include:
- John Foster
- Raphael Morgan
- Ishaq Musaad
- Herbert Parry
- Snow Pendleton
- Fred Pickering
- Francis Pocock, the founder of Monkton Combe School
- Arthur Herbert Procter
- Leonard Sharland
- Percy Stevens
Notes
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Tenth Anniversary Dinner at St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead. The Times (London, England), Friday, Nov 07, 1856; pg. 10; Issue 22519
- ^ Genuki Archived 2013-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Organisation web-site
- ^ Liverpool University Archive
- ^ Curthoys, M. C. "Baylee, Joseph". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1747. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Matthew, H. C. G. "Smith, William Saumarez". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36168. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Harding, Edwin Elmer (HRDN878EE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b Wellings, Martin. "Warman, (Frederic Sumpter)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101339. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Yearbook Of The Universities Of The Empire 1922
- ^ Who was Who. St. Martin's Press. 1996. p. 262. ISBN 9780312293666.