Allan Glen's Institution, Glasgow

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Corporate body

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Allan Glen's Institution, Glasgow

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        Dates of existence

        1853-1887

        History

        Allan Glen's Institution was founded in 1853 under the will of Allan Glen (1772-1850), wright in Glasgow, who made 'provision for giving gratuitously a good practical education to about 50 boys, sons of tradesmen or persons in the industrial classes in Glasgow'. The school was built on land owned by Glen at the corner of Cathedral Street and North Hanover Street.

        It was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1876 and concentrated increasingly on scientific and technical education. It was an important feeder school for Anderson's University, and a significant number of pupils won scholarships to Cambridge University and Imperial College, London. In 1887 Allan Glen's became part of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College and in 1912 the school was transferred to the control of the School Board of Glasgow.

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        Glasgow, Scotland

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        Related entity

        Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (1887-1964)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0065

        Category of relationship

        temporal

        Dates of relationship

        1887

        Description of relationship

        Allan Glen's Institution joined with other institutions to form the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (which later became the Royal College of Science and Technology).

        Related entity

        Armour, John, b. 1900, chemist (b. 1900)

        Identifier of related entity

        P1636

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        1912 - 1918

        Description of relationship

        John Armour was a pupil at Allan Glen's School.

        Related entity

        Glen, Allan, 1772-1850, of Glasgow, wright (1772-1850)

        Identifier of related entity

        P0028

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        1853

        Description of relationship

        Allan Glen founded Allan Glen's Institution.

        Related entity

        Anderson's College, Glasgow (1796-1887)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0046

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        1853-1887

        Description of relationship

        Allan Glen's Institution was an important feeder school for Anderson's College.

        Related entity

        McCance, Sir Andrew, 1889-1983, Knight, industrialist (1889-1983)

        Identifier of related entity

        P0012

        Category of relationship

        associative

        Dates of relationship

        Description of relationship

        Andrew McCance attended Allan Glen's Institution.

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        Authority record identifier

        C0031

        Institution identifier

        GB 249

        Rules and/or conventions used

        ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Created by Victoria Peters, November 2009.

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            Sources

            'The history of Allan Glen's School, 1853-1953', by Joseph Rae; 'History of Allan Glen's School and Allan Glen's School Club, 1853-2003', by James Murray.

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