John Corrie (1769-1839)
The son of Josiah Corrie (1725-1800); educated at Daventry Academy and New College,
Hackney, he was a schoolmaster, president of the Birmingham Philosophical Society, and
Unitarian minister at the Old Meeting House (1817-19). Maria Edgeworth admired his
“very agreeable benevolent countenance, most agreeable voice.”
The son of Josiah Corrie (1725-1800); educated at Daventry Academy and New College,
Hackney, he was a schoolmaster, president of the Birmingham Philosophical Society, and
Unitarian minister at the Old Meeting House (1817-19). Maria Edgeworth admired his
“very agreeable benevolent countenance, most agreeable voice.”