James Townsley

James Townsley

James Townsley (1774-1833), was a Wesleyan divine, son of Thomas Townley, a Manchester tradesman, was born at that town on 11 May, 1774, and educated by the Rev. David Simpson of Macclesfield. He became a member of the Wesleyan methodist body in 1790, and a minister in 1796. In 1822 he received the degree of D.D. from the college of Princeton, New Jersey, in recognition of his literary work. From 1827 to 1832 he acted as general secretary of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, and in 1829 was elected president of the Wesleyan conference, and presided at the Dublin and Leeds conferences. While in Manchester he was a member of a philological society founded by Dr. Adam Clarke. He died at Ramsgate on 12 December, 1833. He was twice married — to Mary Marsden and Dinah Bull, both of London — and had seven children by his first wife. A portrait by John Jackson, R.A., was engraved in 1829.

Townley, a good preacher and an accomplished linguist, wrote: 1. 'Biblical Anecdotes,' 1813; 2. 'Illustrations of Biblical Literature, exhibiting the History and Fato of the Sacred Writings from the Earliest Times to tho Present Century,' 1821, 3 vols.; 3. ' Essays on various Subjects of Ecclesiastical History and Antiquity,' 1824; 4. ' The Reasons of the Laws of Moses, from the "More Nevochim" of Maimonidea, with Notes, Dissertations, and a Life of the Author,' 1827, 6. 'An Introduction to the Literary History of the Bible,' 1828 (available online [http://books.google.com/books?id=sfgBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200#PPP11,M1] ). Among his contributions to the 'Methodist Magazine,' besides those included in his volume of ' Essays,' are (1) 'On the Character of Popery,' 1826; (2) ' Claims of the Church of Rome Examined,' 1827; (3) 'Ancient and Foreign Missions,' four articles, 1834.

Source: Dictionary of National Biography. Sidney Lee. New York, 1909. The Macmillan Company. [http://books.google.com/books?id=HBVbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1029&lpg=PA1029]


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