Benjamin Godwin

Benjamin Godwin
from a photograph by his son
Born(1785-10-10)10 October 1785
Bath
Died20 February 1871(1871-02-20) (aged 85)
Bradford
SpouseElizabeth

Reverend Benjamin Godwin (10 October 1785 – 20 February 1871) was a Baptist clergyman, abolitionist and activist. He was a pastor at Dartmouth, Great Missenden, Bradford, and Oxford as well as a teacher of classics. He became involved in debates on the ethics of slavery and a schism in the Baptist missionary community. Godwin's writing's are an interesting source as he wrote 58 letters to his son to record his autobiography. Godwin's son and his grandson were Mayors of Bradford.

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