William Hendry Stowell (1800–1858) was a Manx nonconformist minister, college head, writer and periodical editor.

Life

Born at

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, on 19 June 1800, he was son of William Stowell and his wife, Ann Hendry.

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was his cousin, and be was more distantly related to

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. He was one of the first students at the Blackburn Academy, opened in 1816, under Dr.

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. His first ministerial charge, at St. Andrew's Chapel,

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, extended from February 1821 to 1834, when he was appointed head of Rotherham Independent College, and pastor of

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congregational church. The latter post he resigned in 1849, and the former in October 1850, on his appointment as president of

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. In 1848 Stowell was the pioneer of the "missions to working men", and took part in the concert-hall lectures established by Nathaniel Caine at

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in 1850. The

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conferred on him the degree of D.D. in 1849, in recognition of his theological works. Stowell resigned from Cheshunt College in 1856, and died at his residence, Roman Road,

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, London, on 2 January 1858. He married Sarah Hilton in July 1821, and left several children.

Works

He wrote: * * * * * ''The Miraculous Gifts considered'', 1834. * * * * He also published discourses and charges, edited the works of

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(1847); and, for the monthly series of the

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, wrote: * * ''Lives of Illustrious Greeks'', 1849. * ''Life of Mohammed''. * ''Julius Cæsar''. * ''Life of Isaac Newton''. He was joint editor of the fifth series of the '' Eclectic Review'', and a contributor to the ''

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'' and other congregationalist periodicals. A posthumous volume of sermons appeared in 1859, edited by his eldest son, William Stowell (died 1877).

References

External links

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''Dissenting Academies Online''University of Glasgow record
;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Stowell, William Hendry 1800 births 1858 deaths English Congregationalists English writers Manx writers Historians of Puritanism People from Douglas, Isle of Man