ELT History | Biographical details

Priestly, Joseph.

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tutor in languages and literature at Warrington Academy; initiated a course on the history, laws and constitution of England at Warrington Academy; his 'Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life' "was to be based on these lectures and later editions included the syllabus he followed";	Simon, Brian, 1960
attended a free school and then educated by a Congregational minister; decided to become a minister and entered an academy in Daventry; discovered oxygen and other gases;	Barnard, H. C. , 1961

Start	end	description
1733		Birth of Priestley
1761		Priestley publishes 'The Rudiments of English Grammar'
1761		Priestley joins Warrington Academy
1762		Priestly's 'Course of lectures' published
1764		Priestley becomes LL.D.
1765		Priestley's history course syllabus published
1765		Priestley's "Essay"
1766		Priestley elected F.R.S.
1777		Priestley's "Lectures in Oratory and Criticism"
1778		Priestley's "Observations Relating to Education"
1785		Priestley's "A Description of a Chart of Biography"
1786		Priestley's "A Description of a Chart of History"
1793		Priestley's "Lectures on History and General Biography"
1794		Priestley's "A Course of Experimental Philosophy"
1804		Death of Priestley