James Martineau
1805–1900
Unitarian theologian, writer, and lecturer. Younger brother of Harriet Martineau. Ordained, 1828. Had ministries in Dublin and Liverpool. Professor of mental and moral philosophy and political economy, Manchester New College, 1840; professor of mental, moral, and religious philosophy, 1857 (by which time the college had moved to University Hall, Gordon Square, London). Minister of Little Portland Street Chapel, London, 1859. Principal of Manchester New College, 1869. Gave up preaching owing to ill health in 1872.
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Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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