an English divine, was born June 23, 1787. He was educated at the Free Grammarschool, Birmingham, and Worcester College, Oxford. He was curate successively of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire; and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire; and afterwards removed to the incumbency of Sheffield, where he remained forty-eight years. He died March 10, 1865. Mr. Best was conspicuous for his industry, self-denial, and devotedness to the Church. See Christian Observer, June, 1865, p. 475.