Thomas Haweis

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Thomas Haweis

1734–1820

An energetic voice in the 18th-century evangelical revival, this Anglican minister was also a hymn writer and an early champion of Protestant missions. His life joined preaching, publishing, and reform-minded church work in a way that still interests historians of religion.

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A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Humbly Attempted with a View to Assist the Unlearned with Clearer and More Explicit Views of the Mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures of Truth

A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Humbly Attempted with a View to Assist the Unlearned with Clearer and More Explicit Views of the Mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures of Truth

by Thomas Haweis

About the author

Born in Cornwall in 1734 and later active as a Church of England cleric, he became one of the notable evangelical figures of his time. Sources consistently describe him as a preacher, writer, and hymn writer, and also connect him closely with the religious revival that shaped English Protestant life in the late 1700s.

He is especially remembered for his links with the Countess of Huntingdon's circle and for helping promote missionary work. Several reliable sources also note his role in the early history of the London Missionary Society, showing how his influence reached beyond local parish ministry.

For listeners coming to his work today, the interest is not only historical. His career sits at the meeting point of hymnody, revival preaching, and the expanding missionary movement, which makes him a revealing figure in the wider story of evangelical Christianity in Britain.