This paper reviews the work of four early radical educators: the cultural nationalist Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Asia's first Nobel Laureate; Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher; the Irish educationalist and insurgent Patrick Pearse (1879-1916) and Leonard Elmhirst (1893-1975), co-founder of Dartington Hall…

This article explores the relationship between philanthropy and education in the context of eighteenth-century Protestant Dissent. More particularly, it examines the intersection between philanthropy, fund-raising and educational administration as they evolved within the institutional lifecycle of the collegiate Dissenting academies. It argues…

Focuses on the works of Irene Parker and Herbert McLachlan, who pioneered studies in religious dissent, a neglected part of educational history. Addresses this neglect as a comprehensive review and realistic assessment of the lay function of dissenting academies in 1750 to 1850 related to its impact on religious dissent. (MER)

Focuses on the Passive Resistance campaign of the English Nonconformists in response to the 1902 Balfour Education Act's public funding of denominational (primarily Anglican) schools. Examines penalties the Nonconformists paid for tax resistance. Describes numbers of prosecutions, seizures of goods, imprisonment, and disfranchisement. Concludes…