Papers of Coleg Normal, Bangor 1862-1906

Normal College of Higher Education Bangor, Wales

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Harris David Robert fl. 1905-1933

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Evans, E. Keri (Evan Keri), 1860-1941

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Coleg Normal, Bangor

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Coleg Normal, a teacher training college, was founded in 1858 and built on a site overlooking the Menai Straits in Upper Bangor, north Wales. Its first principal was John Phillips, a Calvinistic Methodist preacher, who held the position from 1863 to 1867. In its early years, it attracted students from the north Wales area mainly, on one, two and three year courses. Although English was the language of instruction and trainees were required to take exams in that language, the college...