William Benton Clulow (1802–1882) was an English

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, tutor and writer.

Life

Clulow was a native of

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, and, after receiving a preliminary education in the grammar school there, entered Hoxton Academy. He became pastor of the congregational church at

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, where he stayed for twelve years. In 1835 he accepted an invitation to the classical tutorship of

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; he withdrew from the post in 1843, his views being at variance with those of some influential supporters of the institution. After living at

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for forty years he retired to Leek, where he died on 16 April 1882.

Works

His works are: * ‘Truths in Few Words.’ * ‘Aphorisms and Reflections, a miscellany of thought and opinion,’ London, 1843. * ‘Sunshine and Shadows, or Sketches of Thought Philosophic and Religious,’ London, 1863, 1877, 1883. * ‘Essays of a Recluse, or Traces of Thought, Literature, and Fancy,’ London, 1865.

References

* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Clulow, William Benton 1802 births 1882 deaths People from Leek, Staffordshire Clergy from Staffordshire Dissenting academy tutors 19th-century English educators English religious writers 19th-century English non-fiction writers