Bishop Wilson Theological College, Isle of Man

Bishop Wilson Theological College was founded as a theological college in 1879Shaw's Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland, volume II, pg. 10. to train Anglican clergyBray, G.L., Records of Convocation: Sodor and Man 1878–2003, pg. 348, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Martlesham, 2005 to serve in the Church of England.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30, pg. 1983: Oxford, OUP, 1929 It was named after Thomas Wilson,Carole Watterson Troxler, "Wilson, Thomas (1663–1755)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2015. Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755, located in part of"SC3292 : Bishopscourt, Kirk Michael, Isle of Man", Geograph Bishopscourt and closed in 1943."Ecclesiastical News", The Times (London, England), 27 February 1943, pg. 6, issue 49481

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