John Stock (1764–1842) was headmaster of the Poplar House Academy, London, in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century.
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In 1786 he married Miss Parker who also worked at the school.[1]
He is noted for being a progressive teacher interested in teaching science.[2] He published Syllabus of Philosophical Lectures Given During Each Half Year at Poplar House Academy in 1826.[3] One historian described him as an autodidact who nevertheless provided an exemplary education " insofar that it was energetic and practical (based on a spirit of ambitious competition amongst his pupils).[4]
Stock educated Charles Pritchard (1808–1893), from 1822. Pritchard, a future astronomer, used some old instruments at the school constructed by James Ferguson. He went on to become Headmaster of Stockwell Grammar School.[2][5][6]
In 1821 and 1823, he and fellow parishioner, George Green, provided two tranches of loans towards the building of All Saints, Poplar, a new church being built in the parish.. However this supplanted a year or so later by a loan on better terms from the West India Dock Company.[8]
In 1833 he gave evidence to the House of Commonsselect committee on Public Walks raising concerns about the lack of public space for the "humbler class of Londoner"" and that this was contributing to such people frequenting public houses.[9]
^"Marriages and Deaths of Considerable Persons". Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. 52 (2): 809. 1786.
^ abToman, John (17 July 2011). "Francis Kilvert and Charles Pritchard Clapham Connections". Clapham Society. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
^Stock, John (1826). Syllabus of Philosophical Lectures Given During Each Half Year at Poplar House Academy. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
^Leinster‐Mackay, Donald (1980). "Pioneers in Progressive Education: some Little‐Known Proprietary and Private School Exemplars". History of Education. 9 (3): 213–217. doi:10.1080/0046760800090302.
^"Painting of John Stock". Royal Academy of Arts Collections. Royal Academy. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
^"Between Poplar High Street and East India Dock Road: All Saints' Church and Rectory". British History Online. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
^Anderson, Jack (2013). Leading Cases in Sports Law. p. 21.
^"Fifty Ninth Report of the Visiting Justices to the County Asylum of Hanwell". The Lancet. 36: 32. 1841. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(02)97129-1.
^"Home Intelligence". The Asiatic Journal (August): 422. 1842.
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