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John Fell (tutor)

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22: 91:. It soon became apparent that Fell could not get on well with his students. His apologist speaks of a spirit of insubordination in the academy prior to his appointment. Matters went from bad to worse till at the annual examination in June 1795 charges and counter-charges were brought forward. After much deliberation the governing body, in March 1796, insisted on Fell's retirement, either at midsummer or Christmas. His friends drew up a protest, which the majority declined to record. Fell left the academy at the end of January 1797, and was succeeded by John Berry. 231: 79:, Essex, where he was ordained on 24 October. This was his happiest settlement; his congregation grew, he lived on intimate terms with successive rectors of the parish, and with Rayner Hickford, the Saxon scholar; and he had time for literary and theological pursuits and for private tuition. One of his young tutees during this period was 52:, Cumberland, on 22 August 1735. His father, Daniel Fell, was a schoolmaster, clerk to the dissenting congregation, and occasional village preacher. Fell was apprenticed to a tailor, and after serving his time obtained a situation in London. His bent was towards the dissenting ministry, and by the help of the 94:
Doubtless Fell had faults of temper; he offended some by a rigid orthodoxy, others he estranged by his republican sympathies. Through the exertions of a London merchant Fell was provided with an annuity of £100. A committee of eight laymen raised some £200 as remuneration for a course of twelve
64:, D.D. The classical tutor was John Walker, D.D., an excellent scholar, who took a great fancy to Fell, and gave him private instructions. On leaving the academy he was for a short time assistant in a school at 95:
lectures on the evidences. Fell had delivered four of these to crowded audiences in the Scots Church, London Wall, when his health gave way. He died unmarried on 6 Sept. 1797 at Homerton, and was buried at
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are able, but too acrimonious. In 1787, on the retirement of Benjamin Davies, D.D., he accepted the post of classical tutor in his alma mater, and removed (September 1769) to
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Knapman, D. - 'Conversation Sharp - The Biography of a London Gentleman, Richard Sharp (1759–1835), in Letters, Prose and Verse'. [Private Publication, 2004. British Library
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with whom he formed a lifelong friendship, Sharp writing the Introduction to Fell's 'Grammar' (1784) which is listed below. Fell's writings in reply to
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In May 1770 he succeeded David Parry as minister of the congregational church at
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on 15 Sept., a funeral oration being delivered by Joseph Brooksbank. The
76: 65: 206:'s 'Letters on Egypt' (1786), but does not say where they appeared. 234: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 20: 40:) was an English congregationalist minister and classical tutor. 123:, printed with the services at his ordination, 1770, 8vo. 16:
British congregationalist minister and tutor (1735–1797)
135:, &c., 1773, 8vo (three letters to the Rev. 8: 250:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 149:A Fourth Letter … on Genuine Protestantism, 143:The Justice … of the Penal Laws … examined, 188:Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity, 309:18th-century Congregationalist ministers 215: 289:Fellows of Homerton College, Cambridge 294:Alumni of Homerton College, Cambridge 7: 172:An Essay towards an English Grammar, 161:&c., 1779, 8vo (against Farmer). 107:on Sunday evening, 24 September, by 304:English Congregationalist ministers 14: 284:18th-century English male writers 247:Dictionary of National Biography 229: 194:Hunter also mentions reviews of 178:The Idolatry of Greece and Rome, 151:&c., 1775, 8vo (in reply to 139:of Carter Lane, on subscription) 127:Essay on Love of one's Country 1: 111:, D.D., of the Scots Church. 56:he was placed in 1757 at the 279:18th-century English writers 180:&c., 1785, 8vo (against 274:18th-century English people 335: 314:Burials at Bunhill Fields 299:People from Cockermouth 242:Fell, John (1735-1797) 159:Dæmoniacs. An Enquiry, 26: 133:Genuine Protestantism 24: 200:Diversions of Purley 174:&c., 1784, 12mo. 103:was preached at the 36:– 6 September 1797, 319:People from Thaxted 168:&c., 1782, 8vo. 145:&c., 1774, 8vo. 121:Confession of Faith 54:King's Head Society 27: 25:John Fell, c. 1780 48:Fell was born at 32:(22 August 1735, 326: 251: 233: 232: 223: 220: 89:Homerton Academy 70:Beccles, Suffolk 58:Mile End academy 38:Homerton Academy 334: 333: 329: 328: 327: 325: 324: 323: 254: 253: 239: 230: 227: 226: 221: 217: 212: 204:Nicholas Savary 129:, 8vo (Hunter). 117: 46: 17: 12: 11: 5: 332: 330: 322: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 286: 281: 276: 271: 266: 256: 255: 225: 224: 214: 213: 211: 208: 192: 191: 185: 175: 169: 162: 156: 153:Joshua Toulmin 146: 140: 137:Edward Pickard 130: 124: 116: 113: 101:funeral sermon 97:Bunhill Fields 45: 42: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 331: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 280: 277: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 261: 259: 252: 249: 248: 243: 237: 236:public domain 219: 216: 209: 207: 205: 201: 197: 189: 186: 183: 179: 176: 173: 170: 167: 166:Observations, 163: 160: 157: 154: 150: 147: 144: 141: 138: 134: 131: 128: 125: 122: 119: 118: 114: 112: 110: 106: 102: 98: 92: 90: 86: 82: 81:Richard Sharp 78: 73: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 43: 41: 39: 35: 31: 23: 19: 245: 228: 218: 202:(1786), and 199: 193: 187: 177: 171: 165: 158: 148: 142: 132: 126: 120: 109:Henry Hunter 93: 74: 47: 29: 28: 18: 269:1797 deaths 264:1735 births 196:Horne Tooke 182:Hugh Farmer 85:Hugh Farmer 62:John Conder 50:Cockermouth 34:Cockermouth 258:Categories 210:References 105:Old Jewry 30:John Fell 155:, D.D.). 238::  77:Thaxted 66:Norwich 60:under 115:Works 44:Life 244:". 198:'s 260:: 184:). 240:"

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Cockermouth
Homerton Academy
Cockermouth
King's Head Society
Mile End academy
John Conder
Norwich
Beccles, Suffolk
Thaxted
Richard Sharp
Hugh Farmer
Homerton Academy
Bunhill Fields
funeral sermon
Old Jewry
Henry Hunter
Edward Pickard
Joshua Toulmin
Hugh Farmer
Horne Tooke
Nicholas Savary
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Fell, John (1735-1797)
Dictionary of National Biography
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