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The College provided general and vocational education for youths of sixteen to eighteen nominated by EIC Directors to writerships in the EIC overseas civil service. Attendance was generally for four 6-month terms. HISTORY It first opened in Hertford Castle , then moved in 1809 to a purpose-built site at Hertford Heath , near Hertford , now used by Haileybury College . Its architect, William Wilkins , later went on to design the National Gallery in London , which bears some similarities. In 1856 an open competitive examination replaced the system of appointment by patronage. In the wake of the Indian Mutiny , in January 1858 , the British Government took over the administration of India , and the college closed. FAMOUS PROFESSORS Thomas Malthus taught there from 1805 . In 1809 he moved into the east side of a house, which he then bought (it remains today) in 1815 . Bewick Bridge (1767-1833) was Professor of Mathematics at some time, Charles Babbage applied for a job in 1816 , James Mackintosh was professor of law and general politics from 1818 to 1824. At some time before 1837, The Revd. Joseph Hallett Batten , D.D., of Penzance was principal of the College. Between 1826 and 1844, a Persian educator, Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim , held a permanent appointment as a professor of Persian , then Monier Monier-Williams - whose Sanskrit Dictionary is still in print - taught Asian languages (1844-58). FAMOUS ALUMNI EXTERNAL LINKS
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