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Samuel Jones (academy tutor)

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258:, who had encouraged him to study there, that his teacher was "a man of real piety, great learning, and an agreeable temper; one who is very diligent in instructing all under his care, very well qualified to give instructions, and whose well-managed familiarity will always make him respected. He is very strict in keeping good orders, and will effectually preserve his pupils from negligence and immorality." Secker was well placed to discriminate, judging his previous school, 119:, opening his dissenting academy in the Presbyterian Henry Wintle's house in Barton Street. From the outset, the Academy was popular; over its short existence, it was to educate around one hundred students, mostly for the dissenting ministries, making it the largest academy of its type in the south of England; Jones's learning in 270:, quite harshly: frustrated by Jollie's poor teaching, he famously remarked that he lost his knowledge of languages and that 'only the old Philosophy of the Schools was taught there: and that neither ably nor diligently. The morals also of many of the young Men were bad. I spent my time there idly & ill'. 250:
that Jones was 'a man of uncommon abilities' and 'erudition', with a 'high and deserved reputation.' He believed that Jones paid great attention to his students' 'morals' and 'progress in literature', directing their studies with 'skill and discernment.' Of Samuel Chandler's education, he commented
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under the 1662 Act of Uniformity for keeping a school or seminary which had not been licensed. One of the most serious charges was that he infiltrated 'seditious and antimonarchical principles' into his students. In the light of comments made by his students such as
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The academy soon faced new problems. After moving to Tewkesbury, Jones became an increasingly heavy drinker and his teaching declined in quality and success. He died at Tewkesbury on 11 October 1719 aged thirty-seven, and was buried in
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early in summer 1713, at least partly to move to a bigger house; one of his students, possibly Secker, lent him £200 to enable his move; he repaid it over several years. Persecution of the Academy continued, however; following the
201:(who died in 1746) shortly before his death; she was a noted correspondent who later married Edward Godwin, a former student; they were to become grandparents of the radical philosopher and theologian 144:, it seems unlikely that Jones's establishment was through-and-through 'prejudicial to the present Establishment.' These students included future conformists of great eminence, including 88: 91:(founded 1695), who later examined him as a candidate for the ministry. However, instead of taking up a position as a dissenting minister, he went to study at the 131:, all schools and academies needed to be licensed by the local bishop, a situation which was not repealed (or even subjected to immunity from prosecution) by the 278:
Although Jones published nothing, his manuscript systems of learning influenced the next generation of dissenting academics, including the tutor
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see 'An account of the dissenting academies from the Restoration of Charles the Second', Doctor Williams's Library, MS 24.59, pp. 25–6, 60–62
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Samuelis Jonesii, Academiae inter Fratres Dissentientes Archididascali, in Godwini Mosen & Aaronem, Annotationes; in Duos Tomos divisiae
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encouraged students from across the country to attend his lectures. But this happened in the face of state persecution. Under the
439: 403: 107:. His notes on their lectures influenced his own systems of divinity and philosophy, which he used during his own teaching. 189:. This local hostility reflects the merger of popular politics and anti-academy state propaganda during Queen Anne's rule. 17: 587: 452:
Articles exhibited against Samuel Jones of the parish of St John the Baptist, Gloucester, 1712, Glos. RO, GDR B4/1/1056
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Dissenting academies in England: their rise and progress, and their place among the educational systems of the country
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Logica, sive ars ratiocinandi, errores Burgersdicii, et Heereboordii investigems, patefacieus, & emendans
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English education under the Test Acts: being the history of the nonconformist academies, 1662–1820
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that he had 'a singular advantage' to be placed under 'so able and accomplished a tutor.'
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Thomas Secker, who lived with Jones as one of his students, wrote to
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ca. 1711. His education took place at the dissenting academy in
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The Tewkesbury Academy with sketches of its tutor and students
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Prolegomena Critica sive Apparatus ad S. Scripturae Lectiones
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The autobiography of Thomas Secker, archbishop of Canterbury
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After finishing his education at Leiden, Jones moved to
286:. The following manuscript works are known and extant: 494:, ed. J. S. Macauley and R. W. Greaves (1988), pp. 3–4 232:
If anything, Jones's reputation grew after his death.
224:. However, it soon declined in size and reputation. 216:Jones was succeeded at the academy by his nephew, 355: 185:on 20 October 1714, the day of the coronation of 564: 135:. In September 1712, Jones was presented at the 335:In Dionysii Orbis Descriptionem Notae Quaedam 205:, husband and biographer of the philosopher 333: 326: 319: 312: 305: 298: 290: 110: 79:, who shortly afterwards conformed to the 417: 415: 227: 33:(1681/2 – 11 October 1719) was an 440:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 394:. Cambridge University Press. pp.  14: 565: 387: 209:. They were the parents of the writer 424:, 'Some Account of Samuel Jones,' in 412: 381: 177:affair and the attempted passing of 40:, known for founding a significant 24: 25: 599: 321:Praelectiones S. Jones in Godwini 307:Notae Gronovii et viri clarissimi 181:in parliament, Jones's house was 437:David Wykes, 'Samuel Jones', in 273: 238:Newington Green Unitarian Church 163: 550: 535: 522: 497: 220:(1693–1724), who removed it to 485: 476: 467: 455: 446: 431: 349: 13: 1: 363:Dictionary of Welsh Biography 342: 50: 240:, wrote in his biography of 7: 547:(London, 1778), pp. 94, 430 168:Jones moved the academy to 27:English Dissenter and tutor 10: 604: 532:(1931), 126–31, 191–2, 299 588:Dissenting academy tutors 368:National Library of Wales 334: 327: 320: 313: 306: 299: 291: 89:Congregational Fund Board 556:Manuscript autobiography 154:Archbishop of Canterbury 75:, Monmouthshire, run by 428:, vol. 3 (1809), p. 652 388:Parker, Irene (2009) . 356:Robert Thomas Jenkins. 111:Creation of the academy 67:, who left England for 426:The Monthly Repository 133:Act of Toleration 1689 129:1662 Act of Uniformity 544:Biographia Britannica 247:Biographia Britannica 228:Posthumous reputation 314:Elementa Mathematica 137:ecclesiastical court 93:University of Leiden 18:Samuel Jones (tutor) 528:Herbert McLachlan, 207:Mary Wollstonecraft 183:attacked by rioters 61:dissenting preacher 583:English Dissenters 264:dissenting academy 121:Jewish antiquities 101:Jacobus Perizonius 85:Shrewsbury Academy 55:He was the son of 42:Dissenting academy 405:978-0-521-74864-3 197:. He had married 175:Henry Sacheverell 125:reformed theology 97:Jacobus Gronovius 81:Church of England 35:English Dissenter 16:(Redirected from 595: 557: 554: 548: 539: 533: 526: 520: 519: 517: 515: 501: 495: 489: 483: 480: 474: 471: 465: 459: 453: 450: 444: 435: 429: 419: 410: 409: 385: 379: 378: 376: 374: 353: 337: 336: 330: 329: 323: 322: 316: 315: 309: 308: 302: 301: 294: 293: 280:Philip Doddridge 195:Tewkesbury Abbey 105:Hermanus Witsius 21: 603: 602: 598: 597: 596: 594: 593: 592: 563: 562: 561: 560: 555: 551: 541:Andrew Kippis, 540: 536: 527: 523: 513: 511: 509:biography.wales 503: 502: 498: 490: 486: 481: 477: 472: 468: 461:see W. Davies, 460: 456: 451: 447: 436: 432: 420: 413: 406: 386: 382: 372: 370: 354: 350: 345: 276: 230: 166: 158:Samuel Chandler 113: 77:Roger Griffiths 59:(died 1729), a 53: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 601: 591: 590: 585: 580: 575: 559: 558: 549: 534: 521: 496: 484: 475: 466: 454: 445: 443:, Oxford, 2005 430: 411: 404: 380: 347: 346: 344: 341: 340: 339: 331: 324: 317: 310: 303: 296: 275: 272: 260:Timothy Jollie 236:, minister of 229: 226: 218:Jeremiah Jones 203:William Godwin 165: 162: 112: 109: 52: 49: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 600: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 574: 571: 570: 568: 553: 546: 545: 538: 531: 525: 510: 506: 500: 493: 488: 479: 470: 464: 458: 449: 442: 441: 434: 427: 423: 422:Walter Wilson 418: 416: 407: 401: 397: 393: 392: 384: 369: 365: 364: 359: 352: 348: 332: 325: 318: 311: 304: 297: 289: 288: 287: 285: 281: 274:Jones's works 271: 269: 265: 261: 257: 252: 249: 248: 243: 242:Joseph Butler 239: 235: 234:Andrew Kippis 225: 223: 219: 214: 212: 208: 204: 200: 199:Judith Weaver 196: 190: 188: 184: 180: 176: 171: 164:At Tewkesbury 161: 159: 155: 151: 150:Thomas Secker 147: 146:Joseph Butler 143: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 108: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 65:Herefordshire 62: 58: 57:Malachi Jones 48: 46: 45:at Tewkesbury 43: 39: 36: 32: 19: 573:1680s births 552: 542: 537: 529: 524: 512:. Retrieved 508: 499: 491: 487: 478: 469: 462: 457: 448: 438: 433: 425: 390: 383: 371:. Retrieved 361: 351: 277: 253: 245: 231: 215: 211:Mary Shelley 191: 179:Schism bills 167: 114: 54: 38:and educator 31:Samuel Jones 30: 29: 578:1719 deaths 284:Northampton 268:Attercliffe 256:Isaac Watts 142:Thomas Mole 73:Abergavenny 567:Categories 343:References 222:Nailsworth 170:Tewkesbury 117:Gloucester 51:Early life 514:8 October 187:George I 373:25 June 244:in the 152:(later 69:America 402:  398:–101. 338:, 1713 103:, and 63:from 516:2022 400:ISBN 375:2019 148:and 123:and 282:of 266:at 262:'s 213:. 569:: 507:. 414:^ 396:96 366:. 360:. 295:. 160:. 99:, 47:. 518:. 408:. 377:. 20:)

Index

Samuel Jones (tutor)
English Dissenter
and educator
Dissenting academy
at Tewkesbury
Malachi Jones
dissenting preacher
Herefordshire
America
Abergavenny
Roger Griffiths
Church of England
Shrewsbury Academy
Congregational Fund Board
University of Leiden
Jacobus Gronovius
Jacobus Perizonius
Hermanus Witsius
Gloucester
Jewish antiquities
reformed theology
1662 Act of Uniformity
Act of Toleration 1689
ecclesiastical court
Thomas Mole
Joseph Butler
Thomas Secker
Archbishop of Canterbury
Samuel Chandler
Tewkesbury

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