James Andrew (East India Company)
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James Andrew, LL.D. (1774?–13 June 1833), was the principal of the East India Company
's Military Seminary
at Addiscombe, Surrey.
Andrew was from Scotland, and received his education at Aberdeen. He established a private academy at Addiscombe, which acquired so high a reputation that the East India Company made choice of it for the education of their engineer and artillery pupils, when they decided to educate them separately from the king's cadets. In 1809 they purchased the mansion house of Addiscombe, Andrew being appointed headmaster and Professor of Mathematics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March, 1821
He retired about 1823 and died at Edinburgh on 13 June 1833.
Andrew was the author of ‘Astronomical and Nautical Tables,’ 1805; ‘Institutes of Grammar and Chronological Tables,’ 1817; ‘Key to Scriptural Chronology,’ 1822; and ‘Hebrew Grammar and Dictionary without Points,’ 1823. The copy of this book in the British Museum belonged to the Duke of Sussex
, and contains an autograph letter of Andrew.
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
's Military Seminary
Addiscombe Military Academy
The East India Company Military Seminary, colloquially known as Addiscombe Seminary, Addiscombe College, or Addiscombe Military Academy was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon. It was established in 1809, and closed in 1861...
at Addiscombe, Surrey.
Andrew was from Scotland, and received his education at Aberdeen. He established a private academy at Addiscombe, which acquired so high a reputation that the East India Company made choice of it for the education of their engineer and artillery pupils, when they decided to educate them separately from the king's cadets. In 1809 they purchased the mansion house of Addiscombe, Andrew being appointed headmaster and Professor of Mathematics. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March, 1821
He retired about 1823 and died at Edinburgh on 13 June 1833.
Andrew was the author of ‘Astronomical and Nautical Tables,’ 1805; ‘Institutes of Grammar and Chronological Tables,’ 1817; ‘Key to Scriptural Chronology,’ 1822; and ‘Hebrew Grammar and Dictionary without Points,’ 1823. The copy of this book in the British Museum belonged to the Duke of Sussex
Duke of Sussex
Duke of Sussex was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was conferred on 27 November 1801 upon The Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of George III, who was created Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow, all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom...
, and contains an autograph letter of Andrew.