Francis Augustus Cox
Francis Augustus Cox | |
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Born | 1783 |
Died | 1853 |
Occupation(s) | Baptist Preacher, Writer |
Known for | History of the Baptists[1] |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth King of Watford in 1809 Sarah Savery in 1821 Hephzibah Hannah Finch Jones in 1847.[2] |
Children | seven |
Francis Augustus Cox (1783–1853) was a prominent English
Cox was an active supporter of the formation of the
Biography
Cox was born in Leighton Buzzard in 1783 and he was baptised at the age of twelve.[2] After some early preaching as a teenager,[2] schooling in Northampton and receipt of a substantial inheritance from his grandfather[3] he attended the Baptist College in Bristol. Cox became a Baptist minister after graduating with an MA from the University of Edinburgh.[4]
In 1805 he was appointed minister in Clipston in Northamptonshire, before taking up a position at the St Andrew's Street Church in Cambridge which dates from 1764. However Cox resigned in 1808 and returned to Clipston.[2]
His congregation for 42 years was in Hackney where his church was eventually at Mare Street.[2] He had only agreed to preach there temporarily but he and the church were happy with his work. The congregation grew by a factor of six while he was there and notable people attended.[5]
When the University of London was founded in 1828, he was prevented from being on its committee because he was a minister. However he was made the librarian at the University for a short while.[5]
He served as secretary of the Protestant Society for three years; and in a group of Protestant Dissenting Ministers.
He served on the committee for Repeal of the
Cox received an LLD degree from the
Two years later, Cox attended the 1840
Cox died in 1858 in Hackney, having been married three times and fathering seven children. His body of published work was immense.
References
- ^ a b c List of Edward A. Cox Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 2009
- ^ a b c d e f g Francis Augustus Cox (1783 - 1853), Baptist minister, leighton-linslade.com, accessed April 2009
- ^ Benjamin Robert Haydon, accessed April 2009
- ^ a b 'Biographical Appendix: 1827-8 Committee', Committees for Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts: Minutes 1786-90 and 1827-8 (1978), pp. 110-113. Date accessed: 10 April 2009.
- ^ required.)
- ISBN 0-87808-440-1, accessed April 2009
- ^ Argent, Alan (1998). "NURSED BY THE CHURCH: THE FOUNDING OF THE CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOLS" (PDF). THE JOURNAL of the UNITED REFORMED CHURCH HISTORY SOCIETY. 6 (2): 72–97 – via biblicalstudies.org.uk.