Andrew Bell

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Andrew Bell was a Scottish educationalist and Anglican clergyman best known for developing the Madras system of education, which influenced schooling practices in Britain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican clergyman
educationalist
human
burialPlace Westminster Abbey
clergyOf Church of England
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1753-03-27
dateOfDeath 1832-01-27
developed Madras system of education
donated funds for educational endowments in Scotland
educatedAt University of St Andrews
ethnicGroup Scottish people
fieldOfWork education
pedagogy
genre educational writing
hasHonorificPrefix Reverend
hasInfluenceOn British elementary education in the 19th century
hasOccupation writer
influenced Joseph Lancaster
schooling practices in Britain
inspired monitorial schools in Britain
knownFor Madras system of education
monitorial system of education
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement monitorial education movement
notableIdea use of older pupils as monitors to teach younger pupils
notableWork An Experiment in Education
occupation Anglican priest
educationalist
schoolmaster
placeOfBirth St Andrews
placeOfDeath Cheltenham
positionHeld superintendent of Madras Male Orphan Asylum
religion Anglicanism
residence Cheltenham
London
linked to: London, England

Madras
linked to: Madras, India
sexOrGender male
workLocation London
linked to: London, England

Madras
linked to: Madras, India

Scotland

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Bell Baxter High School namedAfter Andrew Bell