William Jowett

William Jowett
Born1787 (1787)
Newington, Surrey
Died20 February 1855(1855-02-20) (aged 67–68)
Clapham, South London
EducationSt John's College, Cambridge
SpouseMartha Whiting
ChurchChurch of England
WritingsChristian Researches in the Mediterranean
TitleSecretary of the Church Missionary Society

William Jowett (1787 – 20 February 1855) was a missionary and author, in 1813 becoming the first Anglican cleric to volunteer for the overseas service of the Church Missionary Society. A leader of the Evangelicals at Cambridge, he worked in Malta, Ottoman Syria, and Ottoman Palestine, and in later life was clerical secretary of the Society and a parish priest in Clapham, South London.

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