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{{Short description|Military academy in Woolwich, in south-east London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name                   = Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
| image                  = 2017-Woolwich, RMA - 3.jpg
| caption                = The New Royal Military Academy, in use 1806 to 1939
| other_name             = "The Shop"
| type                   = [[Military academy]]
| established            = {{Start date|1741}}
| closed                 = {{End date|1939}}
| affiliation            = [[British Army]]
| city                   = [[Woolwich]], [[London]]
| country                = [[United Kingdom]]
}}
The '''Royal Military Academy''' ('''RMA''') at [[Woolwich]], in south-east [[London]], was a [[British Army]] [[military academy]] for the training of [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned officer]]s of the [[Royal Artillery]] and [[Royal Engineers]]. It later also trained officers of the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] and other technical [[corps]]. RMA Woolwich was commonly known as "The Shop" because its first building was a converted workshop of the [[Royal Arsenal|Woolwich Arsenal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.philipjohnston.com/rmas/history.htm |title=History of the Royal Military Academy |access-date=25 July 2005 |archive-date=20 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820121922/http://www.philipjohnston.com/rmas/history.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
===Origins in the Royal Arsenal===
[[File:Oldmilitaryacademywoolwich.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Old Royal Military Academy, in use 1741–1806. The cadets were taught in the left-hand half of the building, the right providing a board room for the Board of Ordnance]]
An attempt had been made by the [[Board of Ordnance]] in 1720 to set up an academy within its Arsenal (then known as the Warren) to provide training and education for prospective officers of its new [[Royal Regiment of Artillery|Regiment of Artillery]] and [[Corps of Royal Engineers|Corps of Engineers]] (both of which had been established there in 1716). A new building was being constructed in readiness for the Academy and funds had been secured, seemingly, through investment in the [[South Sea Company]]; but the latter's collapse led to plans for the Academy being placed on hold.<ref name=Bartlett3>{{cite web|url=https://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/research/survey-of-london/woolwich/documents/48.3_The_Royal_Arsenal.pdf|title=The Royal Arsenal|publisher=University College London|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155328/https://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/research/survey-of-london/woolwich/documents/48.3_The_Royal_Arsenal.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After this false start, the academy was opened by authority of a Royal Warrant in 1741: it was intended, in the words of its first charter, to produce "good officers of [[Artillery]] and perfect [[military engineer|Engineer]]s".<ref>{{cite web| title = Royal Engineers Museum – Articles – Royal Military Academy, Woolwich| access-date = 2008-12-24| url = http://www.remuseum.org.uk/articles/rem_article_academy.htm| archive-date = 10 August 2006| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060810230909/http://www.remuseum.org.uk/articles/rem_article_academy.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref> Its 'gentlemen cadets' initially ranged in age from 10 to 30. To begin with they were attached to the marching companies of the Royal Artillery, but in 1744 they were formed into their own company, forty in number (enlarged to forty-eight, two years later) overseen by a captain-lieutenant.<ref name=Hogg>{{cite book |last=Hogg |first=Brigadier O.F.G. |year=1963 |title=The Royal Arsenal Woolwich |volume=I |location=London |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> To begin with the cadets were accommodated in lodgings in the town of Woolwich, but this arrangement was deemed unsatisfactory (the cadets gained a reputation for riotousness) so in 1751 a Cadets' Barracks was built just within the south boundary wall of the Warren and the cadets had to adjust to a more strict military discipline. (The Cadets' Barracks was demolished in the 1980s for road widening.)<ref name=bartlett>{{cite web|url=https://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/research/survey-of-london/woolwich/documents/48.10_Woolwich_Common_and_Royal_Military_Academy_Areas.pdf|title=Woolwich Common and Royal Military Academy Areas|publisher=University College London|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155329/https://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/architecture/research/survey-of-london/woolwich/documents/48.10_Woolwich_Common_and_Royal_Military_Academy_Areas.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Education in the academy focused at first on mathematics and the scientific principles of gunnery and fortification; French was also taught, for a small fee. In addition to their theoretical studies, the cadets shared (with all ranks of the Artillery) in what was called 'the Practice' of gunnery, bridge building, magazine technique and artillery work. While an artillery officer attended each class to keep order, teaching in the academy was provided by civilians: a First Master (later called Professor of Fortification and Gunnery), a Second Master (later Professor of Mathematics) and additional tutors in French, Arithmetic, Classics and Drawing. In 1764 the Royal Academy (as it had been known) had the word 'Military' added to its title, and at the same time a senior officer was appointed to serve as Lieutenant-Governor (''de facto'' head of the institution).<ref name=Hogg/> Moreover, the institution was split: younger cadets entered the Lower Academy, where they were taught reading, writing, arithmetic, Latin, French and drawing. If they performed well in examinations they were allowed to proceed to the Upper Academy, where they learned military skills and sciences (as well as fencing and dancing – required skills for prospective officers).<ref name=bartlett/>

===Relocation to Woolwich Common===
The possibility of moving the Royal Military Academy out of the Warren was mooted as early as 1783, as it was fast outgrowing the available accommodation. At first costs precluded this possibility, but (with the Academy continuing to grow) [[James Wyatt]], the Board of Ordnance Architect, was commissioned to design a new complex of buildings to stand, on a site facing the [[Royal Artillery Barracks]], at the southern edge of [[Woolwich Common]]; it was built between 1796 and 1805 and opened for use the following year.<ref name=Binney>{{cite news | title = Royal Military Academy in Woolwich is turned into luxury apartments | access-date = 15 April 2011 | url = http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article3590265.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090502122356/http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article3590265.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 May 2009 | work=The Times | location=London | first=Marcus | last=Binney | date=2008-03-21}}</ref>

[[File:2015 London-Woolwich, Royal Military Academy 01.JPG|thumb|right|300px|One of the original accommodation blocks (left) with 1862 addition alongside (right).]]
Wyatt's Academy was built of yellow brick in the [[Tudor Gothic architecture|Tudor Gothic style]]. It consisted of a central block (reminiscent of the Ordnance Board's headquarters in the [[Tower of London]]) flanked by a pair of accommodation blocks, linked by arcaded walkways. The central block contained classrooms, a library and offices; the accommodation blocks housed officers in the three-storey central sections and cadets in the two-storey wings. Behind the central block Wyatt placed a large dining hall flanked by spacious quadrangles having service buildings around the sides.<ref name=Bartlett3/>

128 cadets moved to the new Academy: these comprised the four senior years. Of the younger cadets, sixty were kept at the Warren (by then renamed the Royal Arsenal) and another sixty were sent to a new [[Royal Military College, Great Marlow|college for junior cadets]] at [[Great Marlow]]. Practical teaching continued to be given in the working context of the Arsenal. In 1810, military cadets of the [[East India Company]], who had previously been educated at the Academy, were moved to a new [[Addiscombe College|college at Addiscombe]].<ref>Vibart 1894, p. 9</ref>

During the years that followed the status of the cadets changed: rather than being considered (albeit junior) military personnel, as had previously been the case, they were removed from the [[muster roll]] and they (or their parents) began to be charged fees for attendance. In this way the Academy took on something of the ethos of an [[Public school (United Kingdom)|English public school]]. In 1844 the Academy was described by [[Edward Mogg]] as accommodating:

{{blockquote|about one hundred and thirty young gentlemen, the sons of military men, and the more respectable classes, who are here instructed in mathematics, land-surveying, with mapping, fortification, engineering, the use of the musket and sword exercise, and field-pieces; and for whose use twelve brass cannon, three-pounders, are placed in front of the building, practising with which they acquire a knowledge of their application in the field of battle. This department is under the direction of a lieutenant-general, an instructor, a professor of mathematics, and a professor of fortification; in addition to which there are French, German, and drawing masters.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mogg|first1=Edward|title=Mogg's New Picture of London and Visitor's Guide to it Sights, 1844|url=http://www.victorianlondon.org/districts/woolwich.htm|website=Victorian London|access-date=21 August 2016|archive-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212105516/http://www.victorianlondon.org/districts/woolwich.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Following the demise of the Board of Ordnance in the wake of the [[Crimean War]] the Academy was inspected by a commission which recommended changes: the minimum age for cadets was raised to fifteen and more specialist training was added.<ref name=Bartlett3/> As part of these reforms the Academy complex was enlarged in the 1860s, with a view to accommodating all cadets on the same site (although some would remain in the Arsenal through to the 1880s): the frontage was extended with the addition of new pavilions at either end, in similar style to Wyatt's work but in red brick rather than yellow; [[William Jervois]] was the architect.<ref name="bartlett" /> These contained new classrooms, with accommodation provided in similar new blocks behind. Sports facilities were also added along with gun batteries for training. In 1873 Wyatt's central block had to be entirely rebuilt following a devastating fire.<ref name=Bartlett3/> A new chiming clock was provided at this time by [[Gillett & Bland]] of Croydon; the [[Movement (clockwork)|movement]] and bells were placed in the north-east turret and connected by rods to the dial on the parapet.<ref name="SoL2012">{{cite book |editor1-last=Guillery |editor1-first=Peter |title=Survey of London, vol. 48: Woolwich |date=2012 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven & London |pages=420–434}}</ref>

====Gallery====
<gallery>
File:London, Woolwich-Shooters Hill, former Royal Military Academy 04.jpg|North-west Gate on Academy Road<ref>{{NHLE|num=1079070|desc=Royal Military Academy North-west gate|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>
File:London-Woolwich, Royal Military Academy 06.jpg|Accommodation block (1806)
File:2019 Woolwich, Royal Military Academy 2.jpg|Roofs and turrets accommodation block (1806)
File:London, Woolwich-Shooters Hill, former Royal Military Academy 11.jpg|North-east accommodation block (1862) from the north
File:London-Woolwich, Royal Military Academy 13.jpg|North-west accommodation block (1862) from the west
File:London-Woolwich, Royal Military Academy 14.jpg|South-west accommodation block (1877)
File:London, Woolwich-Shooters Hill, former Royal Military Academy 12.JPG|South-east accommodation block (1892)
File:London, Woolwich-Shooters Hill, former Royal Military Academy 01.jpg|South-west Gate on Academy Road<ref>{{NHLE|num=1358937|desc=Royal Military Academy South-west gate|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>
</gallery>

===Closure and aftermath===
[[File:London, Woolwich-Shooters Hill, former Royal Military Academy 07.jpg|300px|thumb|left|View from the north-west in 2015]]
Following the demise of the Board of Ordnance, [[UK Parliament|Parliament]] had explored the possibility of a merger between the Royal Military Academy and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] (which only trained officers for the [[Infantry]] and [[Cavalry]]); although senior Army officers rejected the idea at the time it persisted into the twentieth century. Arguments in favour of a merger gained momentum in the 1920s when the specialist and scientific training which had been Woolwich's preserve began to be outsourced to other locations. In 1936 it was decided that the merger should take place; but the [[Second World War]] intervened and in 1939 both institutions closed as their cadets were called up for active service.<ref name="HistoryRMAS">{{cite web|title=The History of RMA Sandhurst|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/history_of_rmas.pdf|website=British Army|access-date=9 August 2016|archive-date=28 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828080017/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/history_of_rmas.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Royal Military Academy Woolwich closed in 1939 and in 1947 the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] was formed on the site of the former Royal Military College with the objective of providing officer training for all arms and services.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130205181456/http://www.war-letters.com/0023/0014.html Facilities in Sandhurst – 1937]}}</ref>

[[File:London, Woolwich-Shooters Hill, former Royal Military Academy 10.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Refurbishment of the site underway in 2015]]
Thereafter, the old Academy site became part of Woolwich Garrison, housing troops of various types in the years that followed. The central block was taken over by the Royal Artillery Institution and housed a museum, archives and offices. The chapel (commissioned in 1902 by Commandant [[Richard Henry Jelf]], commemorated by a brass plaque in the chapel)<ref name="HE">{{NHLE|desc=Church of St Michael and All Angels, Royal Military Academy|num=1390520|access-date=21 February 2018}}</ref> became the Garrison Church (replacing the bombed out [[St George's Garrison Church, Woolwich|Garrison Church of St George]]).<ref name="HE"/> In this way the old Academy continued in military use through the 20th century, but with the number of personnel based in Woolwich having steadily decreased, the site was in 2002 declared surplus to requirements.<ref name="bartlett" /> It closed the following year; two stained glass windows from the chapel – one by [[Christopher Whall#Other works|Christopher Whall]], an [[Arts & Crafts]] artist – were moved to the [[Garrison Church of St Alban the Martyr, Larkhill|Garrison Church of St Alban the Martyr]] at [[Larkhill]], where they are displayed in lightboxes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woolwich to Larkhill|publisher=Sunrise Stained Glass Ltd|url=http://www.stained-windows.co.uk/lightbox.html|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155328/http://www.stained-windows.co.uk/lightbox.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Sale and redevelopment====
Durkan Group bought the Woolwich site by public tender in 2006 and redevelopment started in 2008.<ref name=Binney/> The Woolwich buildings, several of which are [[grade II listed]],<ref name="HE"/> were converted and extended into 334 houses and apartments, including 150 for a [[housing association]]. In 2017 the scaffolding around the main facade was removed as refurbishment neared completion.<ref name=Binney/> Since 2013 the RMA [[cricket field]], one of the oldest in the UK, has been used by the 3rd and 4th teams of Blackheath Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grounds|url=http://www.blackheathcc.com/grounds|website=Blackheath CC|access-date=1 March 2017|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155328/http://www.blackheathcc.com/grounds|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==
===Education and training===
Until 1870 prospective officers in the [[British Army]] had for the most part to [[Purchase of commissions in the British Army|purchase their commissions]], and education or training was not seen as a requirement for the role. The Board of Ordnance's establishment of a Military Academy represented a very different approach, whereby training and education were obligatory for aspiring officers of its corps, and promotion was offered according to merit (those with the highest achievement in their exams being given the first choice of opportunities).<ref name="HistoryRMAS" />

===Architecture===
The main Academy buildings are described by [[Historic England]] as "an outstanding example of Wyatt's Gothick style, and one of the most important pieces of military architecture in the country".<ref name="HE"/>

===Slang===
A phrase said to have entered common parlance from the Academy is "talking shop" (meaning "to discuss subjects not understood by others").<ref name="HistoryRMAS" />

The name of the [[cue game]] "[[snooker]]" (reputedly invented by a former cadet of the Academy) is said to derive from a slang term for newly arrived cadets: the French term "les neux", which was later corrupted into "snooks".<ref name="HistoryRMAS" />

==Governors and Commandants==
Commandants have included:<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=2015-07-05 }}</ref>
* 1764–1777: Lieutenant Colonel [[James Pattison (British Army officer)|James B. Pattison]] ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII>{{cite web|title='''The Shop': The Story of the Royal Military Academy''|author=Captain F. G. Guggisberg|author-link=Gordon Guggisberg|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019353366&view=1up&seq=348|access-date=2 March 2023|archive-date=2 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302081342/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044019353366&view=1up&seq=348|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1777–1781: Lieutenant Colonel James Bramham ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1781–1795: Major B. Stehelin ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1795–1809: Lieutenant Colonel [[William Twiss]] ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1809–1820: Lieutenant Colonel [[William Mudge]] ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1820–1829: Captain W. H. Ford ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1829–1840: Colonel T. Drummond ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1840–1846: Major-General Sir [[George Whitmore (British Army officer)|George Whitmore]] ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1846–1851: Colonel [[John Boteler Parker]] ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1851–1860: Colonel G. G. Lewis ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1860–1862: Colonel E. X. Wilford ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
*1862–1867: Major-General Henry Sandham  ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1867–1869: Major-General J. W. Ormsby ''(Lieutenant-Governor)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1869–1875: Major-General Sir [[Lintorn Simmons|J. Lintorn Simmons]] ''(Lieutenant-Governor; Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1875–1880: Major-General Sir [[John Miller Adye]] ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1880–1887: Major-General [[James Frankfort Manners Browne]] ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1887–1889: Major-General Robert J. Hay ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1889–1890: Major-General Sir [[Richard Harrison (British Army officer)|Richard Harrison]] ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1890–1895: Major-General [[William Stirling (British Army officer, born 1835)|William Stirling]] ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1895–1897: Major-General Edward Osborne Hewett ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=GuggisbergAppendixII/>
* 1897–1901: Major-General Francis Thomas Lloyd ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=LG27359>{{London Gazette |issue=27359 |date=27 September 1901 |page=6295 }}</ref>
* 1901–1904: Major-General [[Richard Henry Jelf]] ''(Governor and Commandant)''<ref name=LG27359/><ref name="EngHer">{{cite book|last1=Newsome|first1=Sarah|last2=Williams|first2=Andrew|title=An Archaeological Survey of Woolwich Common|date=2009|page=54|publisher=English Heritage|url=http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=5830%7CWoolwich%20Common,%20Woolwich,%20Greater%20London:%20An%20Archaeological%20Survey%20of%20Woolwich%20Common%20and%20Its%20Environs|access-date=21 February 2018|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155327/http://research.historicengland.org.uk/redirect.aspx?id=5830%7CWoolwich%20Common,%20Woolwich,%20Greater%20London:%20An%20Archaeological%20Survey%20of%20Woolwich%20Common%20and%20Its%20Environs|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 1904–1908: Colonel Henry Vivian Cowan
* 1908–1912: Colonel Andrew Graham Thomson
* 1912–1914: Brigadier-General [[Arthur Holland (British Army officer)|Arthur E. A. Holland]]
* 1914–1918: Major-General [[William Cleeve|William F. Cleeve]]
* 1918–1920: Major-General [[Geoffrey White (British Army officer)|Geoffrey H. A. White]]
* 1920–1924: Major-General Sir [[Webb Gillman]]
* 1924–1926: Major-General [[Ronald Charles|J. Ronald E. Charles]]
* 1926–1930: Major-General [[Hugo de Pree|Hugo D. de Pree]]
* 1930–1934: Major-General [[Cyril Wagstaff|Cyril M. Wagstaff]]
* 1934–1938: Major-General [[Arthur Goschen|Arthur A. Goschen]]
* 1938–1939: Major-General [[Philip Neame]]

==Notable teachers==
Notable teachers at Woolwich include (in alphabetical order by surname):
* Sir [[Frederick Abel]], appointed lecturer in chemistry in 1852<ref name="eb1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1022/Sir-Frederick-Augustus-Abel |title=Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Sir Frederick Augustus Abel |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155328/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1022/Sir-Frederick-Augustus-Abel |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Peter Barlow (mathematician)|Peter Barlow]], appointed assistant mathematics master in 1801<ref name="eb2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/53519/Peter-Barlow |title=Encyclopædia Britannica Online: Peter Barlow |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114041050/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/53519/Peter-Barlow |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="mt">{{Cite web |url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Barlow.html |title=MacTutor Biography: Peter Barlow |access-date=29 May 2013 |archive-date=18 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918012510/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/%7Ehistory/Biographies/Barlow.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and who retained this post until 1847<ref name="bd">Lance Day and Ian McNeil, ''Biographical dictionary of the history of technology'', Routledge, 1995, page 42.</ref>
* [[Francis Bashforth]], professor of applied mathematics<ref>{{citation |last=Ingalls |first=James M. |publisher=D. van Nostrand |location=New York |year=1886 |title=Exterior Ballistics in the Plane of Fire }}, p. 18</ref>
* [[John Bonnycastle]], professor of mathematics, 1807–1821<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Bonnycastle, John|first=Thomas |last=Whittaker|volume=5|short=1}}</ref>
* [[Charles Booth Brackenbury]], assistant instructor in artillery (1860), assistant director of artillery studies (1864), director of artillery studies (1887)<ref name=DNBSupp>{{cite DNBSupp |wstitle= Brackenbury, Charles Booth |volume= 1 |pages= 245-246 | first= Ernest Marsh |last= Lloyd |author-link= Ernest Marsh Lloyd |year=1901|short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Samuel Hunter Christie]] was mathematical assistant in 1806 and professor of mathematics, 1838–1854<ref name="Venn">{{acad|id=CHRY800SH|name=Christie, Samuel Hunter}}</ref>
* [[Adair Crawford]], professor of chemistry in the late 18th century<ref>{{DNB Cite|wstitle=Crawford, Adair}}</ref>
* [[Morgan Crofton]], an Irish mathematician, was professor of mathematics from 1870 to 1884<ref>''[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Crofton.html Morgan William Crofton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128051800/http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Crofton.html |date=28 November 2022 }}'' Biography, School of Mathematics and Statistics, St Andrew's University. Accessed 10 September 2014.</ref>
* [[William Cruickshank (chemist)|William Cruickshank]], assistant to Adair Crawford (qv) and later professor of chemistry c.1795–1804.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=57592|title=Cruickshank, William|first=K. D.|last=Watson|volume=14|pages=519–20}}</ref>
* The Reverend [[Lewis Evans (mathematician)|Lewis Evans]], mathematics master 1799–1820.<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Evans, Lewis (1755-1827)}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Simpson Evans]], mathematics assistant 1802–1810<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Evans, Thomas Simpson}}</ref>
* [[Michael Faraday]], professor in chemistry 1829–52<ref>Engineering Timelines, [http://www.engineering-timelines.com/who/Faraday_M/faradayMichael6.asp Michael Faraday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195524/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/who/Faraday_M/faradayMichael6.asp |date=10 September 2014 }}. Accessed 10 September 2014.</ref>
* [[Thales Fielding]], drawing master, 1828–1837.<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Fielding, Thales}}</ref>
* Sir [[Alfred George Greenhill|George Greenhill]] was professor of mathematics from 1876 to 1908<ref>School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland. ''Alfred George Greenhill'' (October 2003). http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Greenhill.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329074312/http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Greenhill.html |date=29 March 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Olinthus Gregory]], mathematics master from 1802, professor of mathematics 1821–1838.<ref>Grace's Guide, ''[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Olinthus_Gilbert_Gregory Olinthus Gilbert Gregory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155359/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Olinthus_Gilbert_Gregory |date=7 April 2022 }}''. Accessed 10 September 2014.</ref><ref>''[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Gregory_Olinthus.html Olinthus Gilbert Gregory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155359/http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Gregory_Olinthus.html |date=7 April 2022 }}'' Biography, School of Mathematics and Statistics, St Andrew's University. Accessed 10 September 2014.</ref>
* [[Charles Hutton]], professor of mathematics from 1773 to 1807.<ref>{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1038/140269a0|title = Bicentenary of Dr. Charles Hutton, F.R.S|journal = Nature|volume = 140|issue = 3537|pages = 269|year = 1937|bibcode = 1937Natur.140Q.269.|doi-access = free}}</ref><ref>mentioned in Grace's Guide entry for [http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Hutton_Gregory Charles Hutton Gregory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912190338/https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Charles_Hutton_Gregory |date=12 September 2022 }}. Accessed 10 September 2014.</ref>
* [[James Marsh (chemist)|James Marsh]], chemist, assistant to Michael Faraday (qv) 1829–1846<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sella|first1=Andrea|title=Marsh's Mirror|url=https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/marshs-mirror/2500415.article|website=Chemistry World|publisher=The Royal Society of Chemistry|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127143805/https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/marshs-mirror/2500415.article|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Major-General [[Richard Clement Moody]], professor of fortifications from July 1838 to October 1841<ref>{{cite web|url=http://api.ning.com/files/Pwx68GFnuuBDqb1wRfgoMEsaVMh9l6ZFcQE1PZO3RYpLzYY8Iwih2339ABomznAmgVyXNL97XKu75RxFRY8u31wYPO9QaQoI/MOODYAlbumINFO2a.pdf|title=The Photographic Album of Richard Clement Moody, Royal British Columbia Museum|access-date=20 June 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155359/http://api.ning.com/files/Pwx68GFnuuBDqb1wRfgoMEsaVMh9l6ZFcQE1PZO3RYpLzYY8Iwih2339ABomznAmgVyXNL97XKu75RxFRY8u31wYPO9QaQoI/MOODYAlbumINFO2a.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[William Rutherford (mathematician)|William Rutherford]], assistant master of mathematics, 1838–1865<ref>{{DNB|wstitle=Rutherford, William}}</ref>
* [[Paul Sandby]] was chief drawing master from 1768 to 1799<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=749413&partId=1 |title=British Museum collection: Royal Military Academy and Prince Rupert's Tower, Woolwich Academy – curator's note |access-date=15 June 2017 |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715233328/https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=749413&partId=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Henry Young Darracott Scott]], assistant instructor in field works, 1848 to 1851, senior instructor, 1851 to 1855<ref>South East History Boards, ''[http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7255.0 Henry Young Darracott Scott] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407155359/http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7255.0 |date=7 April 2022 }}''. Accessed 10 September 2014</ref>
* [[Thomas Simpson]], assistant to the chief master of mathematics from 1743 to 1761.<ref>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25594 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411033821/https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25594 |date=11 April 2023 }}, Update September 2015.</ref>
* [[James Joseph Sylvester]], professor of mathematics from 1855 to 1870.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=The Editors |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Joseph-Sylvester |title=James Joseph Sylvester &#124; English mathematician |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |date=1945-10-24 |access-date=2017-09-22 |archive-date=22 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922150746/https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Joseph-Sylvester |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[:Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]

==References==
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==Sources==
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* {{Cite book |first=Ken |last=Timbers |title=The Royal Artillery, Woolwich: A Celebration |publisher=Third Millennium |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-90394273-4 }}
* {{Cite book |first=H.M. |last=Vibart |title=Addiscombe: Its Heroes and Men of Note |place=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable |year=1894 }}

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