John Edwards

(1768-1808)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Edwards, J. (John), 1768-1808 LBT ID: JoEdwar1808 VIAF ID: 58099517 LOC ID: n86085746	B/BAP: 1768-01-01 DIED: 1808-09-04
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (September 1808) 861; George Eyre Evans, Midland Churches (1899) 60; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Unitarian minister educated at Hoxton and Daventry Academies; he was minister at the New Meeting-house at Birmingham (1791-1802) where he knew Coleridge, and at Credition (1806-08). He drowned during a visit to Devon.
REFERENCES TO John Edwards: Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter VI. 1796-1799 Found 2: ¶ 34 ¶ 36