Joseph Batten
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The Reverend Joseph Hallett Batten DD FRS (25 August 1778, Penzance
– 11 October 1837, Brighton
) was principal of the East India Company College
.
The Batten family were for some time the leading merchants of Penzance. Batten was educated at St Paul's School in London, Truro Grammar School, and Trinity College, Cambridge
. He became a fellow of Trinity in 1801.
Batten became Professor of Classical Literature at the East India Company College
on its opening in 1805. He married Catherine Maxwell on 4 July 1807. They lived at Hertingfordbury
with their children, until Batten was appointed Principal (Master) of the College on January 18th, 1815. Soon afterwards, he was made Doctor of Divinity by royal mandate. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
in 1816.
He lived with his family at the Master's Lodge of the College, until he became disabled shortly before his death.
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
– 11 October 1837, Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
) was principal of the East India Company College
East India Company College
The East India College was a college in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded in February 1806 as the training establishment for the British East India Company . At that time, the BEIC provided general and vocational education for young gentlemen of sixteen to eighteen years old,...
.
The Batten family were for some time the leading merchants of Penzance. Batten was educated at St Paul's School in London, Truro Grammar School, and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He became a fellow of Trinity in 1801.
Batten became Professor of Classical Literature at the East India Company College
East India Company College
The East India College was a college in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded in February 1806 as the training establishment for the British East India Company . At that time, the BEIC provided general and vocational education for young gentlemen of sixteen to eighteen years old,...
on its opening in 1805. He married Catherine Maxwell on 4 July 1807. They lived at Hertingfordbury
Hertingfordbury
Hertingfordbury is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, close to the county town of Hertford. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book.-Location:...
with their children, until Batten was appointed Principal (Master) of the College on January 18th, 1815. Soon afterwards, he was made Doctor of Divinity by royal mandate. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1816.
He lived with his family at the Master's Lodge of the College, until he became disabled shortly before his death.