John Howard Hinton
Encyclopedia
John Howard Hinton was an English
author
and Baptist
minister who published, along with many other works, The History and Topography of the United States of North America together with his brother Isaac. He is the father of surgeon James Hinton
and grandfather of mathematician and science fiction author Charles Howard Hinton
.
Born in Oxford
, he first preached in Reading
, afterwards became pastor of a Baptist church in London
, and was distinguished as an independent and original preacher, and a zealous advocate for liberty in religion and politics, for example arguing that it was the church's responsibility to punish "violations of morality", such as lying, whereas the state should limit itself to enforcing "offences against society" (which might encompass the former, such as theft).
In 1840 he attended the World's Anti-Slavery convention where he was captured in a group painting just in front of Isaac Crewdson
.
Hinton died in 1873 in Bristol
.
England
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author
Author
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and Baptist
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
minister who published, along with many other works, The History and Topography of the United States of North America together with his brother Isaac. He is the father of surgeon James Hinton
James Hinton (surgeon)
James Hinton was an English surgeon and author. He is the father of mathematician Charles Howard Hinton.-Life:...
and grandfather of mathematician and science fiction author Charles Howard Hinton
Charles Howard Hinton
Charles Howard Hinton was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances. He was interested in higher dimensions, particularly the fourth dimension, and is known for coining the word tesseract and for his work on methods of visualising the geometry of...
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Born in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
, he first preached in Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, afterwards became pastor of a Baptist church in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and was distinguished as an independent and original preacher, and a zealous advocate for liberty in religion and politics, for example arguing that it was the church's responsibility to punish "violations of morality", such as lying, whereas the state should limit itself to enforcing "offences against society" (which might encompass the former, such as theft).
In 1840 he attended the World's Anti-Slavery convention where he was captured in a group painting just in front of Isaac Crewdson
Isaac Crewdson
Isaac Crewdson was a minister of the Quaker meeting in Manchester who published a book, A Beacon to the Society of Friends, that triggered a split that affected Quakers throughout England. The book was said to have "set off ... a volcanic explosion".-Life:Isaac Crewdson was born in 1780 in...
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Hinton died in 1873 in Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
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Works
- http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=E74NAAAAQAAJ&dq=william+knibb+hinton&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=wW1JjvnKRu&sig=-siApYaSmD-RpoXkXKiIxCLgJlY&hl=en&ei=ah7mSZCKB5mD-AbIsej-CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1Memoir of William KnibbWilliam KnibbWilliam Knibb , English Baptist minister and missionary to Jamaica, is chiefly known for his work to free slaves.-Missionary in Jamaica:...
, Missopnary in Jamaica], 1847, accessed April 2009