Isaac Hellmuth second Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Huron, was the founder of Huron University College

Huron University College

Huron University College, referred to locally as Huron College is one of the affiliated colleges of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario....

 and the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

, one of Canada's leading universities. He was also founder of Hellmuth Ladies' College

Hellmuth Ladies' College

Hellmuth Ladies' College aka Hellmuth College for Young Ladies was a private college for women in London, Ontario. The college, founded by Reverend Isaac Hellmuth, was devoted to the study of arts and sciences. The college was complemented with Hellmuth College , also late of London, Ontario...

, now defunct, formerly of London, Ontario

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.

Isaac was born in Poland

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 in 1819 into a Jewish family and educated at the University of Breslau. His father was a rabbi

Rabbi

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 and he trained to be a rabbi himself. However, intellectual discourse with theologians

Theology

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 of other faiths made him question his faith

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 and his father disowned him. He was forced to take his mother’s maiden name.

He moved to England

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 in 1842 and made his decision to convert Christianity

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 and later confirmed to the Church of England

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. By 1844 he entered the ministry and was sent to the Anglican Diocese of Toronto

Anglican Diocese of Toronto

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. He studied for his ordination and, because of his prior education, soon had an appointment to Bishop's University

Bishop's University

Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...

 (Bishop's College) in Lennoxville were he was ordained and became a professor of Hebrew and rabbinical literature.

Hellmuth founded the Western University of London, Ontario in 1878, which was later renamed the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...

. He was the first principal of Huron University College

Huron University College

Huron University College, referred to locally as Huron College is one of the affiliated colleges of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario....

, the founding college of the University of Western Ontario.