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Unitarian College Manchester is one of two Unitarian seminaries in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. It is based at Luther King House in the Brighton Grove area of

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, and its degrees are validated by the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univ ...

. It prepares students for ministry and lay leadership positions in the Unitarian and Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Churches. The College provides occasional overseas scholarships for students from kindred churches, particularly from Hungary and Romania (see

Unitarian Church of Transylvania The Unitarian Church of Transylvania ( hu, Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház; ro, Biserica Unitariană din Transilvania), also known as the Hungarian Unitarian Church ( hu, Magyar Unitárius Egyház; ro, Biserica Unitariană Maghiară), is a Christian ...

). It is part of the Partnership for Theological Education.

History

It was established in 1854 by the Unitarian Home Mission Board.

Harris Manchester College

What is now

Harris Manchester College, Oxford Harris Manchester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It was founded in Warrington in 1757 as a college for Unitarian students and moved to Oxford in 1893. It became a full college of th ...

started off as a

dissenting academy The dissenting academies were schools, colleges and seminaries (often institutions with aspects of all three) run by English Dissenters, that is, those who did not conform to the Church of England. They formed a significant part of England's edu ...

based on another one in Warrington. "The Manchester Academy" or "Manchester College", named after its birthplace in 1786, kept the name when it moved to York (1804-1840), and back to Manchester (1840-1853). It then moved to the capital as "Manchester New College, London", in University Hall, Gordon Square (i.e. Dr Williams's Library) 1853–1889. Its final move was to Oxford, where it remained, becoming in 1996 a full

constituent college A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the C ...

of Oxford University, and adding "Harris" after a donor. It was the move of the original academy to London in 1854 that occasioned the need for a separate establishment in Manchester.

Principals

* John Relly Beard 1854- *

Alexander Gordon Alexander Gordon may refer to: * Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly (died 1470), Scottish magnate * Alexander Gordon (bishop of Aberdeen) (died 1518), Precentor of Moray and Bishop-elect of Aberdeen * Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly (died ...

, 1890-1911 * S. H. Mellone, 1911–1921Sell "he became principal of the Unitarian College, Manchester (1911–1921)".

References

External links

Unitarian College Manchester
Unitarianism in the United Kingdom Presbyterianism in England Christianity in Manchester Organisations based in Manchester Education in England Unitarian seminaries Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England {{England-stub