William Glennie

William Glennie (1761 – 7 January 1828) was a teacher to Lord Byron and father to a number of Australian pioneers.

Early life He was born, probably in March or April 1761 in Drumoak, Aberdeenshire, the son of John Glennie and Jean Mitchell. He was baptised at Dalmaik Kirk (Drumoak-Durris' Church) on the 7th of April 1761. He married Mary Gardiner on the 26th of June 1794 at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Richmond, Surrey. He and Gardiner had a large family of twelve, four of whom became Australian Pioneers (James, Henry, Alfred and Benjamin). He died in 1828 in Sandgate, Kent.

Career

Dr. Glennie's Academy, Dulwich Grove, in 1820 He was the teacher to Byron from August 1799 to April 1801, at his 'academy' in Dulwich Grove. The academy had originally been a Tavern called The Green Man, and had been converted by 1815. He was also a friend of the poet Thomas Campbell.