an English Socinian minister, was born in Leeds, Feb. 23,1733, and educated at the academies of Dr. Aiken and Dr. Doddridge. and at the University of Glasgow. He returned to Leeds in 1755 and, within a short time after, was chosen co-pastor, and the following year sole pastor, of the dissenting congregation at St. Saviourgate, York, where he remained forty years. He died Dec. 24, 1800, leaving several single sermons, A Selection of Psalms for Social Worship:-Remarks in Vindication of Dr. Priestley, in Answer to the Monthly Reviewers; and other works. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Aner. Authors, s.v.