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William Jowett
1787–1855
One of the earliest Anglican missionaries to volunteer for overseas service, he carried his work across Malta, Syria, and Palestine before later helping lead the Church Missionary Society in London. He also wrote vividly about his travels and religious work in the Mediterranean.
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About the author
Born in 1787 in Newington, Surrey, William Jowett was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1810 and later became a fellow. He was part of the Evangelical circle at Cambridge and, in 1813, became the first Anglican cleric to offer himself for overseas service with the Church Missionary Society.
Between 1815 and 1820, his work took him around the Mediterranean, including Malta, Ottoman Syria, and Ottoman Palestine. Those experiences fed into his best-known writing, Christian Researches in the Mediterranean, which helped introduce readers in Britain to the religious life and missionary possibilities of the region.
In later years, he served as clerical secretary of the Church Missionary Society and was also a parish priest in Clapham, South London. He died on February 20, 1855. No suitable verified portrait image was found from the sources checked, so a profile image is not included here.