Author: William Ellis of Birkbeck Schools
Alternate names: Ellis, William
Born: 1800
Died: 1881
Bio: William Ellis, a former marine insurer and philanthropist, founded 10 private 
schools known collectively as the Birkbeck Schools.
He was born on the 2?th January, 1800, in the city of London, but, shortly after his birth, his father, who was then prospering in business, took a house in Devonshire Place, Marylebone. ...

Cf.: Edmund Kell Blyth. *Life of William Ellis, founder of the Birkbeck Schools* : *with some account of his writings, and of his labours for the improvement and extension of education*. London : Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889 (here in Open Library [OL7249515M][1])


  [1]: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7249515M