William Glennie
William Glennie (1761 – 7 January 1828) was a teacher to Lord Byron and father to a number of Australian pioneers.
William Glennie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1761 |
| Died | 7 January 1828 |
| Relatives | John Glennie (grandson) |
Early life
He was born, probably in March or April 1761 in Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, the son of John Glennie and Jean Mitchell. He was baptised at Dalmaik Kirk (Drumoak-Durris' Church) on the 7th of April 1761. He married Mary Gardiner on the 26th of June 1794 at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Richmond, Surrey.[1] He and Gardiner had a large family of twelve, four of whom became Australian Pioneers (James, Henry, Alfred and Benjamin).[2] He died in 1828 in Sandgate, Kent.
Career
He was the teacher to Byron from August 1799 to April 1801,[3] at his 'academy' in Dulwich Grove. The academy had originally been a Tavern called The Green Man, and had been converted by 1815.[4] He was also a friend of the poet Thomas Campbell.[5]
References
- ^ Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937
- ^ K. Rayner, 'Glennie, Benjamin (1812 – 1900)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 897–905. (See p. 897.)
- ^ Jerome McGann, 'Byron, George Gordon Noel, sixth Baron Byron (1788–1824)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, October 2007
- ^ "Thomas Campbell" in A Book of Memories: Great Men and Women of the Age, from Personal Acquaintance (1871) pages 345-58 by Samuel Carter Hall