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Tyne and Wear HER(15685): Newcastle, Percy Street, Academy
- "Site of the house of the Bruce family and their 'commodious' [according to Mackenzie 1827] academy. John Bruce came to Newcastle in 1793 and set up a teaching practice. In …

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John Bruce (1775–1834)
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John Bruce (1775–1834)
- John Bruce (1775–1834), originally from Alnwick, was Master of the Percy Street Academy in Newcastle and Vice President of the Newcastle Schoolmasters' Association. He was also on the committee of …

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