William Vint
William Vint (1768–1834) was an English congregationalist minister and dissenting academy tutor. Life Vint was born at High Thrunton, near Whittingham, Northumberland, on 1 November 1768. He was educated at Alnmouth and at Warrenford grammar school. About the age of 15 he was placed under the tuition of Samuel Walker, minister at Northowram, with whom he studied theology. He soon became known as a preacher, and on 25 December 1790 was appointed minister at Idle, West Yorkshire, Idle in Yorkshire. In 1795 the academy at Northowram was dissolved, and several of the students were temporarily placed with Vint, who taught them theology. Edward Hanson of London then worked to set up a regular academy at Idle; it began in a small way in 1800, and Vint, the only tutor, at first only took on four pupils. The establishment prospered, and on 21 June 1826 it became known as Airedale Independent College. Vint continued to direct it until his last illness, when on 5 March 1834 it moved local ...
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