W. (William) Haslam

William Haslam (1818–1905) was an Anglican clergyman and religious writer best known for his memoir From Death into Life; or, Twenty Years of My Ministry. He served in southwest England and is especially associated with Baldhu, Cornwall, where accounts of his ministry describe a period of intense local revival.

One of the stories most often linked to him is that he came to a deep personal assurance of faith while preaching on conversion, an experience that shaped the rest of his work. Later retellings say the moment was so obvious to the congregation that someone called out, “The parson is converted,” and the episode remained central to his reputation.

Haslam went on to write about ministry, conversion, and revival in a plainspoken, personal way that still appeals to readers interested in Victorian religious life. His work is often read today both as spiritual autobiography and as a window into evangelical church life in 19th-century Cornwall.