Early Life
After teaching philology at Beverley he came to Manchester and became curate to the Rev. John Clowes at St John's church. Having studied the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg he like Clowes adopted Swedenborgian doctrine and preached at the Swedenborgian church, Peter Street. He is said to have been the only man to read the Latin writings of Swedenborg in their entirety.
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