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Knox College may refer to: *Knox College (Illinois), a liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, US * Knox College (Jamaica), a junior school, high school, and community college in Spaldings, Jamaica *Knox College, Otago, a hall of residence and school of ministry at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand *Knox College, Toronto, a theological college of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada See also *Knox Academy Knox Academy is a co-educational state secondary school located in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Originally founded in 1379 as a medieval grammar school, it is one of the oldest schools in the world. History The modern school can be trac ..., secondary school in Haddington, Scotland * Knox Grammar School, in Sydney, Australia {{school disambiguation ...
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Knox College (Illinois)
Knox College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois. Founded in 1837 by anti-slavery advocates, the college holds deep ties to the Underground Railroad movement. With over 1,100 students enrolled representing 43 states and 56 countries, Knox College offers 99 majors and minors. The college is affiliated with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, a consortium of leading liberal arts colleges across the Midwest. History Knox College was founded as "Knox Manual Labor College" by Presbyterians and Congregationalists from New York state organized by George Washington Gale, who previously had founded the Oneida Institute. Gale in 1836 released a "Circular and Plan" for the founding of a Manual labor college, manual labor colleges which described a subscriber- and land purchase-based method of funding. His plan resulted in the founding of at least one school when in 1837 subscribers settled in what becam ...
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Knox College (Jamaica)
Knox College (The high school part of the Knox Complex of Schools) is a co-educational high school for both day pupils and boarders in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. The other institutions that form the complex are: the Neighbourhood Early Childhood Institute, Knox Junior School, and Knox Community College. It was co-founded by Rev. Dr. Lewis Davidson and Mr. David Bent in 1947 and is named after John Knox. The complex occupies around of land and is owned and administered by United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Each school operates under its own principal and board of management, nominated by the church and established by the Ministry of Education. Knox College Knox College is a grant-aided secondary institution. It remains today as the only secondary co-educational boarding school in Jamaica. Most students come from the surrounding districts and towns. However, a significant number of students are from other parishes throughout the island. With seven grades (7-13) ...
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Knox College, Otago
Knox College is a Colleges of the University of Otago, residential college, founded and operated by the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand and affiliated with the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. The college is set in a landscaped site in Opoho on the opposite side of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens from the university. As the second oldest residential college in New Zealand, Knox is also one of the more traditional colleges, having been founded in the mould of those at Oxbridge. Throughout the last century, Knox managed to maintain much of its distinctively collegiate institutional character while continually evolving to promote and maintain a welcoming and inclusive academic community for its student body, which has been co-educational since 1983. The college has produced 18 Rhodes Scholarship, Rhodes Scholars, as well as several Gates Scholarship, Gates Scholars and Fulbright Scholars. History and function Knox College was established in 1909 to provide res ...
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Knox College, Toronto
Knox College is a postgraduate theological college of the University of Toronto located at the St. George campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1844 as part of a schism movement in the Church of Scotland following the Disruption of 1843. Knox is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in Canada and confers doctoral degrees as a member school of the Toronto School of Theology. History Controversy arising from the issue of state control in the Church of Scotland led to the Disruption of 1843 and the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland. In response, several Presbyterian ministers and congregations within the Canadian synod of the Church of Scotland switched their affiliation to the new denomination. Queen's College, a Presbyterian seminary in Kingston, decided in 1844 to remain affiliated with the Church of Scotland, prompting some of its students to defect and establish Knox College in Toronto. Named for Scottish Reformation theologian John Knox, the ...
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Knox Academy
Knox Academy is a co-educational state secondary school located in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. Originally founded in 1379 as a medieval grammar school, it is one of the oldest schools in the world. History The modern school can be traced back to a late medieval grammar school, founded in 1379 in Haddington, East Lothian. It was not until 1879 that it was first dedicated to John Knox, and named the Knox Memorial Institute to mark the construction of a new building designed by John Starforth."Building/Design Report"
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Though it no longer houses the school, this historic structure is now a and remains in private ...
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