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====The Royal Military Academy====
In 1720 there were moves to set up an 'academy' within the Warren at Woolwich where the corps were based; and on 30 April 1741 the Academy was formally established there by Royal Warrant. The fact that the Warren itself was a place of scientific experiment and innovation no doubt helped form the style of education that emerged. Initially, it was a gathering of 'gentlemen cadets', brought together to learn 'gunnery, fortification, mathematics and a little French'.  By 1764, the institution had been renamed the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]], and in the words of the Survey of London, 'it became a uniquely enlightened establishment in which training comprehended writing, arithmetic, algebra, Latin, French, mathematics, fortification, together with the attack and defence of fortified places, gunnery, mining and laboratory-works [...] along with the gentlemanly skills of dancing and fencing'.<ref name="SL48">Saint & Guillery, ''The Survey of London vol. 48: Woolwich'', Yale, 2012.</ref> In time, the Academy outgrew its original home in the Arsenal, and in 1806 it moved into new headquarters on [[Woolwich Common]]. In 1946 it amalgamated with the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College]] to form the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].