"HURON COLLEGE 1863" ~ London
Posted by: Cargoman
N 43° 00.539 W 081° 16.658
17T E 477373 N 4761849
Ontario Historical Plaque
Waymark Code: WM5J1W
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/11/2009
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You will find this plaque located on the wall of the lovely Huron College Chapel. (
visit link) Just off of Western Road. The Plaque reads:
The college was founded by the Right Reverend Benjamin Cronyn who, following his election in 1857 as first Anglican Bishop of Huron, (
visit link) saw the need for a theological school and institution for advanced studies to serve the rapidly expanding population of the region. He selected Archdeacon Isaac Hellmuth to raise funds in England and Canada, and Huron College was incorporated in May 1863. Under Hellmuth's capable direction, 1863-66, the institution provided theological training and a course in liberal arts. In 1877 the professors and alumni of this college, strongly supported by Hellmuth, proposed the establishment of the Western University of London, founded in 1878, with which Huron became affiliated in 1881.