Andy bell biography

Andrew BellFRSEFRAS (27 March 1753 – 27 January 1832) was a ScottishAnglican priest and educationalist who pioneered the Madras System of Education^[1] (also known as "mutual instruction" or the "monitorial system") in schools.

He was the founder of Madras College, a secondary school in St Andrews, and helped fund other schools.

Life and work

Andrew Bell was born at St Andrews, in Scotland on 27 March 1753 and attended St Andrews University where he did well in mathematics and natural philosophy, graduating in 1774.^[2]

In 1774 he sailed to Virginia as a private tutor and remained there until 1781 when he left to avoid involvement in the war of independence.

He returned to Scotland, surviving a shipwreck on the way, and officiated at the Episcopalian chapel in Leith. He was ordained deacon in 1784 and priest in the Church of England in 1785.^[2][3]

In February 1787 he went out to India and went ashore