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The East India Company College was from 1805 to 1858 the college of the British East India Company (EIC). The College provided general and vocational education for youths of sixteen to eighteen nominated by EIC Directors to writerships in the EIC overseas civil service. Attendance was generally for four 6-month terms.
1 History
It first opened in Hertford Castle , then moved in 1809 to a purpose-built site at Hertford Heath , near Hertford, now used by Haileybury College. Its architect, William Wilkins, later went on to design the National Gallery in London, which bears some similarities.
In 1856 an open competitive examination replaced the system of appointment by patronage. In the wake of the Indian Mutiny, in January 1858, the British government took over the administration of India, and the college closed.
2 Famous professors
Thomas Malthus taught there from 1805. In 1809 he moved into the east side of a house, which he then bought (it remains today) in 1815. Bewick BridgeBewick Bridge ( 1767- 1833) studied mathematics at Cambridge University, where he was Senior Wrangler in 1790 and later a Fellow of Peterhouse. His book Algebra achieved international circulation. He was vicar of Cherry Hinton in Cambridge, where in 1818 (1767-1833) was Professor of MathematicsMathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers". In the formalist view, it is the investigation of axiomatically defined abstract structures at some time, Charles BabbageCharles Babbage ( December 26 1791 October 18 1871) was an English mathematician, analytical philosopher and (proto-) computer scientist who was the first person to come up with the idea of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are applied for a job in 1816Events March 25 Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck dies and is succeeded by the later Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, his son and founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg., James MackintoshSir James Mackintosh ( October 24, 1765 May 30, 1832), Scottish publicist, was undoubtedly one of the most cultured and catholic-minded men of his time. His studies and sympathies embraced almost every human interest, except pure science. He was trained a was professor of law and general politics from 1818 to 1824. At some time before 1837, The Revd. Joseph Hallett Batten , D.D., of Penzance was principal of the College. Between 1826 and 1844, a Persian educator, Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim , held a permanent appointment as a professor of Persian, then Monier Monier-WilliamsLewis Carroll Sir Monier Monier-Williams ( 1819- 1899) studied, documented and taught Asian languages in England, and compiled one of the most widely-used Sanskrit-English dictionaries. Monier-Williams was educated at University College, Oxford and taught - whose sanskrit dictionary is still in print - taught asian languages (1844-58).
3 Famous alumni
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