East India Company College
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east-india-company-college-180-12341122
title:
East India Company College
text:
The East India Company College, or East India College, was an educational establishment situated at Hailey, Hertfordshire, nineteen miles north of London, founded in 1806 to train "writers" (administrators) for the East India Company. It provided general and vocational education for young gentlemen of sixteen to eighteen years old, who were nominated by the Company's directors to writerships in its overseas civil service. The college's counterpart for the training of officers for the company's P
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description:
Former college in Hailey, Hertfordshire, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company_College
date created:
2003-06-09T21:50:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T14:54:44Z
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