[2] He published Syllabus of Philosophical Lectures Given During Each Half Year at Poplar House Academy in 1826.
[3] One historian described him as an autodidact who nevertheless provided an exemplary education " insofar that it was energetic and practical (based on a spirit of ambitious competition amongst his pupils).
Pritchard, a future astronomer, used some old instruments at the school constructed by James Ferguson.
[7] In 1821 and 1823, he and fellow parishioner, George Green, provided two tranches of loans towards the building of All Saints, Poplar, a new church being built in the parish..
[10] He served as a magistrate for Middlesex and was buried in the graveyard of St Matthias Old Church, Poplar.