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The Malta Protestant College was a short-lived
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training college. It was established in 1846 and came under the jurisdiction of George Tomlinson, Bishop of Gibraltar from 1842 to 1863. Its first principal was John Hickman. formerly headteacher of
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. Regular meetings in England to scrutinise the work of the college. It closed in 1865. Its loss was much lamented by the islands
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community. The college's last principal Charles Popham Miles became the incumbent at
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in December 1866.ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE
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(London, England), Sunday, December 31, 1866; pg. 7; Issue 29034


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, host of The Malta Protestant College (MPC)


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Educational institutions established in 1846 Protestant universities and colleges in Europe Universities and colleges in Malta Educational institutions disestablished in 1865 {{Malta-stub