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Thomas Stock (1750–1803) established the first
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in the United Kingdom.


Early life and education

Thomas was the son of Thomas Stock, gentleman of
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. The young Thomas was sent to
John Roysse John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Personal life John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertaining ...
's Free School in
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(now
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), where he was a boarder from 1761 to 1767. After Abingdon, he gained a scholarship to
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and graduated BA 1771.


Career

Entering Holy Orders, Stock was elected to a college fellowship from 1771 to 1774 and then was curate at Ashbury in Berkshire (now
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). While at Ashbury, he formed the first
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in the country in 1777. Stock became rector of St Aldate's and then of St John Baptist's, Gloucester and headmaster of Gloucester Free School. He was also vicar of Glasbury-on-Wye. At Gloucester, jointly with
Robert Raikes Robert Raikes ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 – 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School Gloucester. He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools. Family Raikes was born at ...
, proprietor of the ''Gloucester Journal,'' Stock became co-founder of the
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. From 1787 until his death in 1803 he was holding the living at his Gloucester incumbencies and headmastership.


Memorials

There are memorials to Stock at Ashbury
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and in the nave of
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. He was author of ''A Compendious Grammar of the Greek Language'' (1780). There is also a residential cul-de-sac, Thomas Stock Gardens, built in 1994–5 in the Abbeymead area of Gloucester on the western outskirts of Gloucester.


See also

*
List of Old Abingdonians Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...


References

* English Anglicans Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford People educated at Abingdon School People from Vale of White Horse (district) 1750 births 1803 deaths File:Thomas STOCK (1750-1803), pasteur Anglican, initiateur du mpuvement des écoles du duimanche.jpg {{Anglican-stub