The Reverend Dr Andrew Bell, 1753-1832 Founder of Madras College. An educational reformer and philanthropist he was born in St Andrews. It was while serving in Madras in India that he developed a form of schooling where the older pupils taught the younger. When he returned he introduced his "Madras" or Monitorial System as an economical form of mass education. The idea spread, Madras Schools appearing in Canada and Australia. Among his other local benefactions was the Bell Fund for the benefit of St Andrews. He ended his career as prebendary of Westminster Abbey, where he is buried.