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John Sargent

1780–1833

An English clergyman and biographer remembered for his influential life of missionary Henry Martyn, he wrote with the earnest, practical spirit of the Evangelical movement in the early 1800s.

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The life of Rev. Henry Martyn : Written for the American Sunday School Union, with some account of Abdool Messeeh, a Hindoo convert

The life of Rev. Henry Martyn : Written for the American Sunday School Union, with some account of Abdool Messeeh, a Hindoo convert

by John Hall, John Sargent

About the author

Born on October 8, 1780, he was educated at Eton and at King's College, Cambridge, where he took his degrees and later held a fellowship. He went on to become a Church of England clergyman and was closely associated with the Evangelical circle shaped by Charles Simeon.

He is best known as the author of A Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, a biography that helped preserve the story of one of the best-known Anglican missionaries of the period. Beyond writing, he served in parish ministry in Sussex and was remembered by later accounts as a serious, devout pastor rather than a purely academic figure.

He died on May 3, 1833. Reliable sources readily confirm his work and church career, but I couldn't confirm a suitable modern portrait image from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included here.