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William Jowett
1787–1855
A pioneering Anglican missionary and writer, he spent years traveling through Malta, Syria, and Palestine for the Church Missionary Society. His books grew out of that work, blending religious purpose with firsthand experience of the Mediterranean world.
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About the author
Born in 1787, he studied at St John's College, Cambridge, where he became known among the Evangelicals and later held a fellowship. In 1810 he won the Hulsean Prize, and in 1813 he became the first Anglican clergyman to volunteer for overseas service with the Church Missionary Society.
His missionary work took him to Malta and later into parts of Ottoman Syria and Palestine. Alongside that work, he wrote and edited books intended to support Christian teaching and devotional life, drawing on both scholarship and practical experience in the field.
In later years he served as clerical secretary of the Church Missionary Society and then as a parish priest in Clapham, South London. He died on February 20, 1855, remembered as both a committed missionary organizer and a prolific religious author.